Save Children’s Lives with The 2015 Children’s Prize!

Across the world, over 17,000 children under age five continue to die every day, mostly from preventable causes and treatable diseases. This translates to approximately 12 children every minute and over 6.3 million total children in 2013. More than half of these child deaths can be attributed to malnutrition, pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria. Furthermore, the onset of labor initiates the highest-risk period for a mother and child. In fact, nearly 3 million deaths occur in children within their first month of life, representing 44% of all child deaths between 0-5 years of age. Almost all under-five deaths across the world occur in only five countries: India (21%), Nigeria (13%), Pakistan (6%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (5%) and China (4%). In fact, India and Nigeria together account for more than a third of all under-five deaths. The highest under-five mortality rates continue to be registered in Sub-Saharan Africa, with numbers being approximately 15 times the average of high-income countries.

The Children’s Prize is rooted in the fundamental belief that all children are equally deserving of life and it invites applicants from across the world to submit their best and most effective proposal to save the greatest number of children’s lives. To ensure that more children under the age of five survive and thrive, we must harness knowledge from around the world and across a broad range of disciplines to find the most effective solutions. Project proposals submitted may include, but are not limited to:

- intervention solutions in healthcare services;
- technology;
- education;
- infrastructure;
- agriculture.

Grants
The best and most effective proposal will be awarded with grant of $250 000 to run the project for saving the greatest number of children’s lives.

Further details:
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