Can you imagine dying from diarrhea? No, that basically doesn’t happen in a country like the United States.

But, seven million children die each year from five completely preventable and treatable conditions: diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, measles and malnutrition.

You probably haven’t heard of some of those, right? That’s because many countries eradicated these diseases, or provided easily obtainable medication for them, decades ago. But, children in poor countries don’t have access to those easy treatments.

That means that 20,000 children die each day from conditions that could be cured with simple, affordable things – vaccinations, bed nets, food, clean drinking water and antibiotics. But, they just don’t have access to those things. So, 20,000 children a day keep dying.

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