CHILD SURVIVAL APPEAL CAMPAIGN

That this House welcomes Save the Children's report on child survival, which includes a new Wealth and Survival Index; notes with grave concern that almost 10 million children die before the age of five each year; further notes that the world is currently off track to meet Millennium Development Goal 4 calling for a reduction of child mortality between 1990 and 2015; recognises it is possible to save millions of children's lives by tackling common killers, such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, as well as addressing underlying structural causes like poverty, inequality and discrimination; and calls on the Government to take concerted action and to play a global leadership role to ensure that all countries and institutions play their full part in the drive to ensure that all children and their mothers get access to basic healthcare, adequate nutrition, clean water and safe sanitation, and opportunities for education.