Child Health: Funding
![Photo of mothers holding children in a field. Source: Mohsen Allam](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508212905im_/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/mch/images/photo/field.jpg) |
Source: Mohsen Allam |
USAID strongly supports activities
to improve child health and reduce child mortality worldwide
through a variety of programs. In FY 2007, funding for
child survival and maternal health totaled nearly $443 million.
USAID's child survival program focuses on promoting simple, cost-effective interventions to:
- decrease infant and child mortality
- educate people on behavior risks associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections
- support sustainable development through health policy and systems development
- improve environmental conditions for better health
Additional
Funding Information:
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