‘5th Birthday And Beyond’ Highlights Decline In Global Child Mortality

Washington Post: Clinton, Santorum, Kerry, Powell and Coburn were cute kids
“Not many issues could create an alliance of Hillary Clinton, Rick Santorum, John Kerry, Colin Powell, and Tom Coburn. But a global health initiative to help children survive beyond their 5th birthday is a cause without a political party identification. To celebrate a marked decline in deaths among young children over the past two decades, a coalition called ‘5th Birthday and Beyond’ is highlighting several events next week in Washington…” (Itkowitz, 6/18).

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