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Make Every Mother and Child Count
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World Health
Day is celebrated every year on April 7. The theme of World Health Day
2005 was healthy mothers and children. It provided an opportunity to
raise awareness that too many mothers and children in the world are
dying or suffering from the effects of ill-health, poor nutrition, and
inadequate health care. In developing countries, pregnancy and
childbirth are one of the leading causes of death for women of
reproductive age, and one child in 12 does not reach his or her fifth
birthday.
Source: Make Every Mother and Child Count: A Toolkit for Organizers of
Activities
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2005/en/
(Non-CDC site)
Learn more:
What We Know: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/worldhd/know.htm
Strategies to Protect and Improve Maternal and Child Health
http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/worldhd/strateg.htm
CDC Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Programs and Activities
http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/worldhd/programs.htm
Historical Perspectives: Maternal and Child Health Accomplishments
http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/worldhd/historic.htm
World Health Day:
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2005/en/
(Non-CDC site)
World Health Day:
Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/whd05.htm (Non-CDC site)
Related Links
http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/worldhd/links.htm
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