Editing World Summit for Children (section)

== Goals established ==
There were 27 total goals established. The main objective was to improve child health and survival. The goals can be divided into six categories: [[health]], [[#Survival|survival]], [[women's health]], [[nutrition]], [[education]] and [[Security|protection]]. These goals were put into action from 1990-2000. After the ten-year period, world leaders would meet again to review the progress made during the decade.

=== Health ===
There were nine health goals established. 
# [[Polio]]: global eradication by 2000 
# Neonatal [[tetanus]]: elimination by 1995 
# Deaths due to diarrhoea: 50 percent reduction 
# [[Vitamin A deficiency]]: virtual elimination by the year 2000 
# [[Iodine deficiency]] disorders (IDD): virtual elimination
# Elimination of guinea-worm disease ([[Dracunculiasis]]) by 2000
# Measles: reduction by 95 percent in [[measles]] deaths and 90 percent of [[measles]] cases by 1995
# [[Anemia]]: reduction of iron deficiency [[Anemia]] in women by one-third 
# Routine immunization: maintenance of a high level of immunization coverage

=== Survival ===
[[File:Street Child, Srimangal Railway Station.jpg|thumb|300 px|Street child in [[Bangladesh]]]]
# Infant and under-5 mortality (U5MR): reduction by one third in infant mortality and U5MR 
# Household food security: dissemination of knowledge and supporting services to increase food production 
# Acute respiratory infections ([[Influenza-like illness]]): reduction of ARI deaths by one third in children under five

=== Women's health ===
# Childbirth care: access by all pregnant women to prenatal care
# Breastfeeding: empowerment of all women to breastfeed their children exclusively for four to six months and to continue breastfeeding, with complementary food, well into the second year of life
# Childbirth care: access by all pregnant women to referral facilities for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric emergencies
# Special attention to the health and nutrition of the female child and to pregnant and lactating women
# Maternal mortality: reduction of the rate by half
# Low birth-weight: reduction of the rate of low birth-weight to less than 10 percent
[[Image:Starved girl.jpg|200px|thumb|A girl during the [[Nigerian Civil War]] of the late 1960s. Pictures of the famine caused by Nigerian blockade garnered sympathy for the Biafrans worldwide.]]

=== Nutrition ===
# [[Malnutrition]]: reduction of severe and moderate [[malnutrition]] among under-five children by half
# Water: universal access to safe drinking water

=== Education ===
# [[Family planning]]: access by all couples to information and services to prevent pregnancies that are too early, too closely spaced, too late, or too numerous 
# Knowledge skills and values required for better living: increased acquisition by individuals and families of knowledge, skills and values for better living
# Universal access to basic education: achievement of primary education by at least 80% of primary school-age children 
# Universal access to education with an emphasis on primary education for girls and literacy training for women
# Early childhood development (ECD): expansion of ECD activities, including appropriate low-cost family and community-based interventions

=== Protection ===
# Improve protection of children in extremely difficult circumstances 
# Growth monitoring: growth promotion and regular growth monitoring among children to be institutionalized in all countries by the end of the 1990s