June 14, 2012 Researchers Outline Plan to End Preventable Child
Deaths in a Generation Preventable childhood deaths caused by
illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea can be nearly
eliminated in 10 years according to researchers from the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National
Institutes of Health. In a new commentary featured in the June
issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association,
researchers outline a strategy and benchmarks for curbing
childhood preventable deaths and recommend a new common vision
for a global commitment to end all preventable child deaths.
Developed in 2000 by the United Nations, eight Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) were created to meet the needs of the
world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. Guidelines for
achieving the goals were established and agreed upon by all
countries including a number of the world’s leading development
institutions. The goals range from halting the spread of
HIV/AIDS to reducing preventable deaths among childre