Prioritising simple, low cost interventions could save millions of children’s lives every year, says aid agency

Prioritising simple, low cost interventions could save millions of children’s lives every year, says aid agency

by World Vision

Alert Net- November 16, 2009

“The lives of millions of children in the developing world could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure provision of such low-cost, simple interventions as better nutrition and skilled birth attendants – that even the poorest countries could implement. A new report from international humanitarian agency World Vision calls on governments to focus on bolstering family and community-level health interventions, some of which cost as little as 30 cents*…”

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