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"Kiwanis believes that no baby
or mother should have to suffer the devastating effects of MNT," said Kiwanis International President Paul Palazzolo.
"Kiwanis will mobilize its nearly 600,000 family
members to become tireless advocates for these children and raise needed funds to defeat this deadly disease. The project
will reach the poorest, most neglected mothers and babies with additional lifesaving health care. The end of this one disease
means the beginning of better health for so many families. WATCH KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE  | | The
Eliminate Project will deliver life saving vaccines to the most vulnerable women and children in the world: those in remote
and difficult to reach areas; conflict zones; and with little access to health care. 
The majority of mothers and newborns dying of MNT live
in 40 countries located in Africa, and Southern and East Asia. The disease kills one baby every nine
minutes. Its effects are excruciating - tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity
to light and touch. MNT is easily prevented
by a series of three vaccinations to women of childbearing age, costing roughly US$1.80. The Eliminate Project: Kiwanis
eliminating maternal/neonatal tetanus will raise US$110 million over the next five years to fill the funding gap
required to provide an estimated 387 million doses of the vaccine. WATCH A SHORT VIDEO 
"With Kiwanis by our side, we will be able to conquer
maternal/neonatal tetanus," said U.S. Fund for UNICEF President and Chief Executive Officer Caryl Stern. "I've
seen how this disease devastates families. Infants suffer, while mothers are unable to comfort their babies. Kiwanis is providing
the final push that will protect vulnerable women and their newborns." Not only will The Eliminate Project protect women and babies from tetanus, the project also will create a
path for other services, such as clean water, nutrition and other vaccines, to reach the world's most vulnerable people. For more information,
visit: www.TheEliminateProject.org
| | IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDER CONQUERED!
Partnering with UNICEF, Kiwanis successfully completed its first global campaign
for children to virtually eliminate iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the leading cause of preventable mental impairment.
Kiwanis raised and leveraged more than $100 million, which helped change
lives in 103 nations. The number of households estimated to be consuming
iodized salt has jumped from less than 20 percent in 1990 to more than 70 percent, and the effort has been heralded as one
of the most successful health initiatives in the world. WATCH VIDEO ON IDD WITH SIR ROGER MOORE ON YOUTUBE
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