Africa At 50: A Time to Celebrate Progress but Leaders Must Reaffirm Action for Children - Save the Children

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African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa to mark the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union should reaffirm their commitment to reduce child mortality across the continent, the world’s leading child’s rights organisation, Save the Children, said today.

While acknowledging great strides made in reducing the number of children who die of preventable causes in Africa, the aid agency said that much more must be done to meet the fourth Millennium Development Goal; the promise all countries made to reduce child mortality by two thirds by 2015.

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