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A Promise Renewed: A Great Global Ambition and Every Father’s Dream

Posted by  on Tuesday, June 18th 2013     
A mother plays with her infant as she waits outside a health post in Ethiopia. Photo credit: USAID

We have an unprecedented opportunity to virtually end preventable child death. Read more >>

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A Good Place to Start to Improve Schools

Posted by  on Saturday, June 15th 2013     
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A capacity-building program sponsored by USAID is helping local leaders, both men and women, take responsibility for their school. Read more >>

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DRC Making Great Strides in Child Survival

Posted by  on Friday, May 31st 2013     

This week, the Congolese Government’s National Steering Committee for Health  is meeting to officially launch the National A Promised Renewed (APR)’s acceleration framework to reduce infant and maternal mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Following the Minister of Health’s participation in the Child Survival Call to Action in Washington June 2012 and […]

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In Congo, Helping Children Catch Up in the Classroom

Posted by  on Wednesday, April 17th 2013     
Leontina and Ester during their first week of school in more than four years. Until recently the girls were among an estimated 7.6 million Congolese children who do not attend school. They are now making up for lost time in an accelerated learning program run by the International Rescue Committee. Photo credit: Sinziana Demian, IRC

International Rescue Committee and USAID are helping 1,100 boys and girls in Congo catch up on their studies at the primary level and work toward admissions to secondary school. Read more >>

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