Facts and Figures about Child Survival   Mother Ataur Begum holds her seven-day-old daughter Ayesha. Ayesha is wearing a baby cap provided through Save the Children's Caps to the Capital program, a grassroots effort to engage American knitters and crocheters to use their skills and voice to advocate for increased federal funding for maternal and newborn health and sruvival. Each year 10.1 million children die worldwide before reaching the age of 5. That’s 28,000 children a day. Despite a 60 percent reduction in under-5 child deaths between 1960 and 2000, progress has dramatically slowed or been reversed in many countries. One death in every 5 in the world is the death of a child under the age of 5. Every minute, a woman meets her death during pregnancy or childbirth. Every year, 2 million newborn babies die on the day they are born. Nearly all child and maternal deaths (99 percent) occur in developing countries where mothers and children lack access to basic health care services. The biggest killers of children worldwide are newborn complications, pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria. Using existing tools and knowledge, we could save more than 6 million of the 10 million children who die every year from easily preventable or treatable causes.   How You Can Help Donate Now - Your contribution to the Health Innovation Fund will help us save more lives with simple, affordable solutions. Take Action - Tell Congress to support the Global Child Survival Act and reaffirm our commitment to children's health around the world. Sign up for eNews - Stay informed about the work we do to help children in need around the world and in the United States.