Goals
From 1990-2015, the Millennium Development Goals 15-year project provides a framework for the entire UN system to work together towards a common purpose.
The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.
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Poverty is an old enemy that has many faces. What is unprecedented is the commitment of world leaders to agree on setting a deadline for human development.
Millennium Development Goals 15 year project
The eight internationally agreed targets for the Millennium Development Goals- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Achieve Universal Primary Education
- Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- Reduce Child Mortality
- Improve Maternal Health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
- Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Develop a Global Partnership for Development
These
targets are to be achieved by 2015, from their levels in 1990:
1. Eradicate
extreme poverty and hunger- In 1990, 57% of Sub-Saharan Africa was living below
$1.25 a day, in 2010 48.5%
2. Achieve
universal primary education- In 1999 40 million children were not in school in Sub-Saharan,
in 2014 22 million children were not in school in Sub-Saharan which is a substantial improvement.
3. Promote
gender equality and empower women- 23% of poor girls in rural areas completed primary
education. Adolescent fertility rate women ages 15-19 in 2012 were 45% of all
births. In 2013 22% of seats held by women in national parliaments.
4. Reduce
child mortality- Sub-Saharan Africa made major strides lowering the under five mortality rate by 48% from 1990 to 2013.
5. Improve
maternal health- Africa has
reduced its maternal mortality rate from 870 deaths per 100,000 live births in
1990 to 460 in 2013, a 47% reduction.
6. Combat
HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases- In 1990, Africa had the highest burden of
HIV and malaria of all regions of the world, accounting for more than half of
global incidence. In 2012, globally, 25 out of 35.3 million people living with
HIV were concentrated in Southern, East, Central and West Africa; Africa
quadrupled its 1990 level of 5.7 million. In the same year, this same region
accounted for 1.6 million HIV deaths out of a total of 2.3 million living with
HIV. Additionally, more than two thirds of HIV/AIDS deaths among children and adults
occurred in the same regions of Africa. These facts warrant continuous efforts
in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Between 2000 and 2012, Africa (excluding North
Africa) reduced its malaria incidence rate by an average of 31% and
death rate by 49%.
7. Ensure
environmental sustainability-
Many
African countries are reducing their CO2 emissions and use
of ozone depleting substances and increasing the protection
of territorial and marine areas. The world met the MDG target for drinking water in 2010, but 45 countries (20 of which are from Africa) are still not on track to meet the target by 2015.
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