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Foreign Assistance: Contributions to Child Survival Are Significant, but Challenges Remain

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 8, 1996
Report No. NSIAD-97-9
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Summary:

Funding provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped reduce child mortality in the developing world, primarily through health initiatives centering on diarrheal rehydration, immunization, and nutrition. However, USAID defines child survival activities so broadly that infrastructure projects with only a slight connection to child survival, such as railroad construction, are included in the $2.3 billion that USAID has spent since 1985 on child survival. In addition, some countries with significant child mortality rates, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, have not received assistance for child survival.

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