This month, USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) joins countries around the world in celebrating International Children's Day. While great strides in child survival have been made in the past years, we also remember those children who do not live to see their fifth birthday -- the 7.6 million children who die of preventable causes each year.

To read the full coverage of The Huffington Post’s piece on MCHIP’s work in child health, read the blog on their website by Dyness Kasungami, MCHIP’s Child Health Team Leader.