OLAA GEOFFREY UCU

The UN MDG are eight goals that all 191 UN member

states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015.

The UN Millennium Declaration, signed in September

2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.
MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

 Target 1C. Halve the proportion of people who suffer WHO is working with countries to: Assist in planning and conducting nutritional surveys; Analyze and interpret nutritional survey results; Support development of nutritional surveillance Integrate nutrition support with HIV and TB; to develop national nutrition plans and policies;

GOAL 2: Achieve universal primary education Ensuring a full course of primary schooling to all chn What need to be done among others:
Ensure universal coverage in primary education, Ensure sustainable education systems $11Billion aid needed annually to achieve UPE by 2015 Eliminate school fees

 MDG 3: promote gender equality and empower women WHO Strategies: promotes women's participation and leadership, especially

in the health sector.

furthers the empowerment of women, especially as it

contributes to health;
supports the prevention of and response to gender-based

violence;

Target 4.A: Reduce by 2/3, between 1990 and

2015,<5yrs mortality rate WHO promotes 4 main strategies

appropriate home care and timely treatment of

complications for newborns;

integrated mgt of childhood illness for all chn<5 yrs;

expanded programme on immunization;

infant and young child feeding.

 Target 5.A. Reduce by 3/4, between 1990 and 2015, the

maternal mortality ratio Target 5.B. Achieve, by 2015, universal access to RH

Strengthening health systems

Monitoring & evaluating the burden of maternal &

newborn ill-health
Advocating for investment in maternal and newborn

health
Coordinating RH research

 MDG 6: combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Target 6B. Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment prevent people becoming infected with

expand the availability of treatment

care for people living with HIV/ AIDS and their families

strengthen health care systems

improve HIV/AIDS information systems

 Target 6C. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse

the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

prevention with insecticidal nets and IRS Dx and Rx with quality-assured anti-malarial medicines; preventive Rx for infants, children and pregnant women; tracking every malaria case in a surveillance system; scaling up the fight against emerging drug and insecticide

resistance.

 MDG 7: ensure environmental sustainability WHO is working with other UN agencies to: monitor progress towards the drinking water and

sanitation target
assess needs and ensuring safe drinking water and

sanitation to health facilities and vulnerable groups during emergencies and natural disasters

MDG 8: develop a global partnership for

development
WHO has developed global indicators for availability,

price and affordability of essential medicines.

WHO provides pharmaceutical manufacturers with

the information they need to produce quality, safe, effective essential medicines to address leading public health concerns.

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REFERENCE Committing to action: Achieving the MDGs, Background note by the Secretary-General for the High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, New York, 25 September 2008; The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008, United Nations; MDG Monitor Website http://www.mdgmonitor.org, UNDP