About the Author: Nicole Schiegg serves as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and several partners including UNICEF launched “Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday”. The premise of this awareness-raising campaign is simple: every child should have a chance to reach five. Over 7 million children — most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia — didn’t reach their 5th birthday last year. That number is equivalent to the entire population of New York City.
At an event this morning at the Kaiser Family Foundation, USAID Administrator Raj Shah talked about his own three children. Dr. Shah mentioned his second child, Amna, who will turn five next year. I celebrated reaching five with a carousel cake and a Smurf-themed… more »
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