Marissa Miley

Save the Children calls attention to newborn health and the slow progress in reducing newborn mortality.

HIV/AIDS experts have addressed findings of the 2013 Institute of Medicine report, the latest evaluation of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The report recommended the US to help partner countries assume management of their own programs.

More than 170 countries have signed a pledge to reduce child mortality, but specifics are lacking. An estimated 6.9 million children under five years old die each year — largely in poor countries — from preventable diseases, according to UNICEF.

At least 500,000 children die from the treatable disease each year, and is a growing concern for the World Health Organization.