Today’s launch of the GAPPD with its complementary resources is a reminder of the crucial value of collaboration and integrated efforts: Global and local officials must work together. Stakeholders such as civil society and the private sector must work together. Governments must engage health workers who must in turn work with their communities, so that diarrhea and pneumonia can be overcome… together.

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Most people are surprised by the fact that the two biggest killers of children between 1 month and five years are pneumonia and diarrhea. Today in London and Washington D.C. two important reports are being released that link these two illnesses with key policy recommendations on ending child mortality, recognizing that prevention and control of these disease cannot be adequately addressed without integrated programs.

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A number of partners have come together to find solutions to prevent preterm birth – when a baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation – and to identify best care practices for babies born preterm.

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“Ratna learned about growing plants and seasonal vegetables in the kitchen garden. We had more and regular food. Soon there was some to sell,” says her mother.

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There are a number of reasons for someone interested in vaccines to come to India. It’s home to some of the most important vaccine manufacturers in the world, it’s home to tremendous scientific progress and research and development. It’s not home to polio anymore, because polio has been eliminated from India for two years now!

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