Corker Sponsors Global Children's Health Bill

Proving not everything in Washington today is partisan politicking, Sen. Bob Corker has joined liberal lion cubs Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Dick Durbin(D-Il) in sponsoring a bill to reduce preventable childhood deaths in developing countries. 

The press release states broadly that the legislation "would require the Obama Administration to develop and implement a strategy to improve the health of, and reduce the mortality rates among, newborns and children in developing countries.  This strategy emphasizes the need to utilize cheap and effective treatments such as micronutrients and oral rehydration salts, as well as newly developed treatments like ready-to-use foods and post-natal anti-hemorrhagic medicines. It also supports programs to combat female genital mutilation and promote safe and effective obstetric care. "
Said Corker of the measure:

 "U.S. led efforts contributed to a 60 percent reduction in global child mortality between 1960 and 1990, but funding has not kept pace with the need for these successful health initiatives....We have an opportunity through the Global Child Survival Act to save the lives of more children and improve the health of mothers in developing nations.  Maintaining U.S. investment in proven, cost-effective programs to combat poverty and disease overseas helps bring stability to unstable and often dangerous regions of the world, ultimately supporting our security interests both at home and abroad."