resources

An ever-growing library of resources, please visit this page regularly for the latest material on the issue of child mortality. We hope the following will inform, challenge and inspire: 

• Child mortality: the facts
• Small group study
• 30 days for life prayer resource
• Policy report - Child and Maternal Health spending in Australia's foreign aid program

Fact sheets on:

• MDG 4 – Child Mortality
• MDG 5 – Children and maternal mortality 

Expand your knowledge

Before we can effectively fight a cause, we need to learn all about the issue at hand. For more information on the issues, causes and goals to reduce child deaths, check out our favourite links:

• www.childmortality.org

An interactive database containing the latest child mortality estimates based on research of the Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation

• www.un.org/millenniumgoals/childhealth.shtml

A great summary webpage and factsheet on Millennium Development Goal 4: Child Mortality

• www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml

A great summary webpage and factsheet on Millennium Development Goal 5: Maternal Health

•  www.childmortality.org/stock/documents/Child_Mortality_Report_2010.pdf

Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2010, the latest United Nations statistical report

• www.childinfo.org

The United Nations Children’s Fund webpage that monitors the situation of children and women around the world

• www.micahchallenge.org.au/health

Micah Challenge child and maternal health campaign

• www.globalpovertyproject.com/infobank/children

Child Mortality information page from The Global Poverty Project

• www.one.org/c/international/issue/951

One Campaign informative factsheet on child and maternal health

What more CAN I do?

If you are keen to get more involved and learn how to become a more effective advocate on behalf of children and issues like child mortality, consider attending one of Compassion’s Child Advocate Network(CAN) upcoming training workshops.