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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-10-12more like thismore than 2016-10-12
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Infant Mortality more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made to achieve the goal to end, by 2030, preventable deaths of new-borns and children under five years of age, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2016-10-26more like thismore than 2016-10-26
answer text <p>Global progress, which began prior to 2015, continues to be made on ending preventable newborn and child deaths, with significant support from the UK government. It is too early to quantify how much progress has been made since September 2015.</p><p>To accelerate progress and help to meet the Sustainable Development Goal targets the UK government supported the development of, and signed a commitment to, the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health.</p><p>We continue to invest in improving health systems in our focal countries to ensure that mothers and newborns can receive better quality care at birth, so improving their chances of survival. We also invest in care for children under the age of 5, for example through the prevention and treatment of malaria and other childhood diseases.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-10-26T14:35:45.437Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-26T14:35:45.437Z
answering member
1091
label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
tabling member
3895
label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead more like this