L2: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Flashcards
MDG
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world’s main development challenges.
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG)
The MDGs are drawn from the
actions and targets contained in the ____
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
Millennium declaration was adopted by ____ nations and signed by ____ heads
189 Nations
147 Heads
Where and when was the Millennium Declaration signed?
UN Millennium Summit, Sept. 2000
To reduce poverty,
hunger and disease,
address lack of
adequate shelter and
access to health care,
while promoting
gender equality,
health and education
and environmental
sustainability
MDG
What are the 8 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
- Global Partnership For Development
MDG 1
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
MDG 2
Achieve universal primary education
MDG 3
Promote gender equality and empower women
MDG 4
Reduce Child Mortality
MDG 5
Improve Maternal Health
MDG 6
Combat HIV?AIDS Malaria, and Other Diseases
MDG 7
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
MDG 8
Global Partnership For Development
- To halve the proportion of people whose daily income is less than $1.25
- To achieve full and productive employment, as well as decent work for all, including young people and women
- To halve the proportion of individuals suffering
from hunger
MDG 1: ERADICATE EXTREME HUNGER & POVERTY
- To ensure that children universally – including both boys and girls – will be able to complete a full course
of primary education by 2015.
MDG 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
