JESSICA LANGE - LANGE NAMED SAVE THE CHILDREN AMBASSADOR

Actress JESSICA LANGE has been named Save the Children's newest ambassador and the spokesperson for the humanitarian organisation's annual State of the World's Mothers report.
Released on Tuesday (06May08), the report finds more than 200 million children under the age of five do not get basic health care when they need it.
Lange has joined Save The Children in an effort to promote the training of local community health workers in remote and underserved areas.
Lange says, "When your child gets sick with a common illness in the United States, you go to the doctor or pick up medicine at the local drug store.
"But that's not the reality for millions of mothers in the poorest countries and communities around the world, where nearly 10 million children under five die every year.
"Last month, I travelled with Save the Children to Ethiopia, where four out of five children do not receive basic health measures.
"The good news is that Ethiopia is taking aggressive steps to reduce its child death rate through a community health worker program. In remote villages like Awassa, I met mothers whose babies are alive today because they got the advice and lifesaving medicines they needed through this program."