Over the last 5 years Save the Children's global campaign has worked in countries all over the world to tackle preventable child deaths and to protect mothers and children during childbirth. This timeline is a celebration of that campaign, and highlights some of the key events and achievement that have taken place around the world.
On October 5th we launched our global campaign to save children’s lives, EVERY ONE, with a new report – The Next Revolution – which was released in over 40 countries.
The EVERY ONE campaign is launched across India.
After strong campaigning by Save the Children and partners, Sierra Leone abolished healthcare fees for pregnant women and children.
The Gates Foundation announced a $25m grant, initially over 3 years, to support the EVERY ONE campaign in key countries including the UK, US, Norway, India, Pakistan and Nigeria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches Every Woman Every Child.
No Child Born to Die campaign launches in The UK
Save the Children releases its Missing Midwives report, which makes the case for a major investment in health workers in order to achieve MDG 4.
Charlie Whittmack completes The World Triathlon to raise funds for Save the Children.
In 2010 we helped train 84,906 health workers, our programme expenditure so far is US$ 565m. 5.8 million actions were taken by people to support the campaign and contributed to some major policy breakthroughs.
$4.3 billion committed for life-saving vaccines at Gavi replenishment in London.
Through the Health Workers Count coalition, we mobilise more than 300 organisations around the world.
The official launch of Mali’s EVERY ONE campaign takes place at the Presidential Palace in Bamako.
Our new report – A Life Free from Hunger: Tackling child malnutrition - is launched around the world on the same day, starting in Australia and ending in Brazil.
In 2011, 700,000 fewer children died than in 2010 - the biggest-ever annual fall in child mortality.
The Unilever Foundation makes a 3-year commitment to support Save the Children.
This year ahead of a crucial G8 meeting, where food will be discussed, State of the World's Mothers focuses on nutrition as one of the key factors in determining mothers' and their children's well-being - malnutrition being the underlying cause of at least a fifth of maternal mortality and more than a third of child deaths.
Save the Children’s advocacy at the London Family Planning 2020 conference, jointly convened by the UK government and UNFPA, helped to secure a commitment to reach 120 million women with family planning services.
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah passed the baton in the Race Against Hunger to the UK Prime Minister
American band OneRepublic release a single in support of the campaign refresh in the US.
The Nutrition Barometer looks at 36 developing countries with the highest levels of child undernutrition.
On World Food Day children around the world organised the world's biggest children's race to raise awareness of child survival.
Save the Children launches its new report with high level policy roundtable events in Geneva and around the world.
The Swedish government development agency, Sida, announces a grant to support EVERY ONE worth $3.5 million over 3 years, that strengthens our campaigning in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Yemen, Zambia, India and Afghanistan.
Every year, nearly 3 million babies die within the first month of life, most from preventable causes. More than a third of these babies die on their first day of life – making the birth day the riskiest day for newborns and mothers almost everywhere.
887,533 births assisted by a skilled attendant, 1.3 million children vaccinated, 154,579 households with under-5s receiving cash or goods to fight malnutrition and 4.7 million cases of malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition treated.
The World Health Assembly was a key opportunity for advocacy for the EVERY ONE Campaign.
As of 1st June 2013, maternity and primary health care services are free of charge.
Norway’s new government promised to maintain levels of overseas aid, with a particular focus on maternal and child health.
Ethiopia becomes one of the few sub-Saharan countries to have achieved MDG 4.
Around 50,000 children in 67 countries took part in our mobilisation event, the Race for Survival, in order to bring child mortality to the public’s attention.
Save the Children releases its Ending Newborn Deaths report in New York and at public events around the world kickstarting our campaign push to secure a global newborn action plan.
Save the Children India pushed for commitments from political parties to step up efforts to end preventable newborn deaths.
The 2014 annual State of the World’s Mothers report examines the impact of humanitarian crises on maternal, newborn and child survival in countries consistently ranked as the most difficult places to be a mother.
Indonesia still struggles with a neonatal mortality rate of 19 out of 1,000 live births.
In the last few years India has begun a major political movement to systematically take on the complex and large scale problem of newborn and child mortality.
The World Health Organisation adopted the Newborn Action Plan, a framework which provides a practical opportunity to improve newborn and maternal health.
14 of Uganda's leading music artists come together to produce a song to help promote the key messages of the EVERY ONE campaign.
in 2013 we reached 14.4 million children under five with nutritious food and micronutrient supplements. 13.2 million under-fives and women through our maternal, newborn and child health programmes.
Save the Children helps shape an ambitious plan to reduce newborn deaths.
The third Kathmandu Kora cycling event brought cyclists together to raise money to build a birthing centre in Pyutar VDC, Lalitpur.
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life provides critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases, and fosters growth and development.
Save the Children kicked off the UNGA week with a discussion on maternal, newborn and child health at the Social Good Summit.
We came together as one Save the Children for our biggest annual campaign mobilisation moment
At the G20 summit a joint agency petition calls on countries to ensure the resources required to halt the outbreak are provided.
West African artists put their name to an open letter published in popular daily, Jeune Afrique, urging governments to do more to tackle Ebola.
Nigeria’s President signs into a law a bill that could save the lives of millions of mothers and children.
In Pakistan, Save the Children has releases a powerful documentary on ending newborn deaths.
At the Gavi replenishment conference in Berlin, we asked donors to meet Gavi’s funding needs of an additional US$ 7.5 billion - and they did.
In Norway, healthcare for mothers and infants is free of charge, the campaign captures reactions from midwives who are made to believe that mothers soon will be asked to pay for giving birth
2015 saw the first Race for Survival relay, with the baton starting its journey around the world in Washington DC at the 13th annual Advocacy Summit.
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