First Annual Children’s Champion Award
Submitted by Chris Dodd on January 14, 2009 - 7:57pm.

I was honored today to be one of the first to receive the Global Action for Children’s Champion Award.  We all get into public service or become deeply enmeshed in policy issues such as global health for the same reason: To make a difference. And is it ever needed.  Every single day, 27,000 children die from preventable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea and complications during childbirth, many of which result from malnutrition.  Each year, some 4 million newborns die in the first 4 weeks of life. That’s not just a tragedy – it’s a catastrophe.  I hope you will take a minute and listen to my remarks on this issue and I urge you to do all you can to help children across the world.

Chris Dodd's blog | Printer friendly version

( published in: Children & Families | Children's Health | Foreign Affairs & Human Rights | Video )