Following a trip to Malawi with Sightsavers, an international charity supporting blind people in third world countries, the MPs said that support during the earliest stages of life can overcome inequality by improving the health, nutrition and education outcomes of the most disadvantaged young people.
Mr Lewis, shadow secretary of state for international development and Ms Jowell, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, believe that the current Millennium Development Goals do not do enough to support early development and they are campaigning to see an integrated approach to early years in the succeeding framework.
The eight Millennium Development Goals, which range from halving extreme poverty rates and providing universal primary education all by 2015, form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and leading development institutions.
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