24,000 children die every day in our world before their fifth birthday from preventable causes. They die from starvation related illnesses or diseases for which there are cures.
• 24,000 children every day of every year
• Preventable (not mysterious) causes
• Before their fifth birthday
What would happen if 24 children died daily across Sydney, or even across Australia, or even if it was monthly and not daily, from a mystery illness? We would call it a national crisis, start a fundraising Foundation to support their families, pour millions of dollars into medical research and any less urgent action would be called a national disgrace!
If these 24 children died from known and preventable causes, we would sack the Federal Minister for Health, every State and Territory Minister for Health, call in DOCS, sack DOCS, spend billions of dollars on bureaucratic blame shifting and deck chair shuffling, and call for a Royal Commission. These measures would barely quieten the parents of healthy children or stop them storming Government buildings and demonstrating on the streets demanding action.
This deep of concern, spilling over into public outrage, would make compelling media footage which would be televised on news bulletins all over the world so that the whole planet would know that Australian people, Australian parents and Australian grandparents are not deaf to the cries of children and their traumatised parents.
But, but, 24,000 children every day of every year die from preventable causes before their fifth birthday!
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