Maternal & Child Health
Building a Brighter Future
USAID is committed to improving
the health and well-being of children and families
in the developing world.
For 40 years, the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID)
has helped children throughout the world grow
into healthy, productive adults. Progress in child
survival and disease control has long been,
and remains, among the Agency’s major accomplishments.
According to UNICEF’s end-of decade report
on progress achieved since the 1990 World Summit
for Children, 3 million fewer children died as
a result of preventable causes in 2000 than in
1990. USAID assistance was instrumental in this
achievement, as well as in successes in other
areas of child and maternal health, in the fight
against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.
A mother’s health profoundly
affects the health and well-being of her children.
While maternal mortality remains unacceptably
high throughout the developing world, a number
of USAID-assisted countries have achieved significant
reductions in maternal deaths from pregnancy-related
causes. USAID’s approach to improving maternal
health and health of newborn children includes
community involvement, the promotion of evidence-based
interventions, and compassionate high-quality
services. Key interventions such as iron supplementation,
malaria treatment, safe and clean delivery, and
treatment of obstetric and newborn complications
are improving the survival and health of mothers
and infants around the world.
USAID's Maternal & Child Health Programs
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