Each year, nearly 7 million children die before reaching their
fifth birthdays, according to the World Health Organization.
More than half of these deaths are caused by conditions that are
preventable or treatable, including pneumonia, diarrhea,
malaria, measles, and malnutrition. To put it bluntly, every day
20,000 children are killed by conditions that could be prevented
or cured with simple, affordable remedies—vaccinations, bed
nets, food, clean drinking water, and antibiotics. PIH strives
to eliminate this unnecessary suffering and death by providing
free comprehensive health care for children and their families
and by working to ensure that children have access to the basic
rights—vaccinations, health care, education—that are key to a
healthy, productive life. Preventing the transmission of HIV to
infants Each day, about 1,000 infants are born with HIV, the
vast majority of whom reside in poor countries. Most of these
infants could be protected from HIV infection through effective
HIV testing and treatm