Six mainly preventable diseases cause 73 percent of child deaths -WHO

effort and moderate amount of money. I am sure the US budget cuts to women's health care around the world upped this number since 2000.
"Pro-life", "Compassionate Conservative", my ass.

EDIT: I heard Al Franken talking about the mosquito netting that could prevent the malaria. They cost only 50 cents per net....but that is alot of money in the areas where they are needed the most.

... I assumed diarrheal disease was the leading cause. Makes one ill to think of waste in the U.S. How many lives could have been saved for the cost of the hoopla surrounding the Schiavo LEGISLATIVE fiasco, add the cost of * returning to D.C...

I don't recall any members of the Republican leadership in the House or the Senate standing up and saying that there were thousands of people dying due to entirely preventable causes. I don't recall them ever lamenting prenatal care and well-baby care are not universally funded (not even in the U.S.!).

But I've heard them and Bush get all emotional about the INHERITANCE TAX. Yeah, you mustn't inconvenience Paris Hilton, but there's no time for the thousands of young people dying. Some culture of life.

...What's Mr. Morality and his GOP Moralist Society going to do about THAT?

is that their missionaries are allowed to reach them and occasionally provide some pittance of physical support and a whole lot of spiritual support (they don't understand that any spiritual support without a real effort to provide physical support is just sheer hypocrisy, and those feriners know it. If only they would read the Gospel they would know this).
Its kind of a "faith-based" initiative; they say "don't have any of my taxpayer money go to buy 5 cent fluid and electrolyte solution or 30 cent antibiotics to allow feriners with diarrhea to make it thru their illness, or 50 cents to buy malaria nets. However, I'll feel real good to give $10 per month to Feed the Children."

The problem with this equation is that, just like any domestic faith based initiative, the incredibly small amount of real tithing and charity given from americans, especially from the christian right hypocrites, will take care of a small proportion that the government services can provide.

Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against charities like Feed the Children. I'm not critizing them, I'm criticizing the mindset of the conservatives.