MDGs and SDGs

Question 1

What are the 8 MGDs?

Answer 1

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership for development

Question 2

What has happened to the poverty rate in developing countries in the last 15 years?

Answer 2

it has decreased from 47% to 14%

Question 3

What has happened to the global number of extreme poor in the past 15 years?

Answer 3

it has decreased from 1,926 million to 836 million

Question 4

The number of people in extreme poverty has declined by more than ___ since 1990.

Answer 4

half

Question 5

What has happened to the global population that is undernourished?

Answer 5

it has decreased, but the number of chronic undernourished in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased

Question 6

What happened to world hunger trends in 2015.

Answer 6

they began rising - the number has reached what it was in 2011.

Question 7

What has happened to the percentage/number of HIV infections in the last 15 years?

Answer 7

New HIV infections fell by approximately 40% between 2000 and 2013, from an estimated 3.5 million to 2.1 million

Question 8

How has antiretroviral therapy affected HIV death rates?

Answer 8

it has averted 7.6 million deaths from AIDS between 1995 and 2013

Question 9

How many malaria deaths have been averted between 2000 and 2015?

Answer 9

6.2 million

Question 10

What has happened to the global malaria incidence rate and mortality rate in the past 15 years?

Answer 10

It has fallen by an estimated 37% and the mortality rate by 58%

Question 11

How many lives have been saved due to tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment between 2000 and 2013?

Answer 11

an estimated 37 million lives

Question 12

How has the tuberculosis mortality rate and prevalence changed between 1990 and 2013?

Answer 12

it has fallen by 45 percent and the prevalence by 41

Question 13

What are limitations of MDGs?

Answer 13

Limited focus
Lack of attention to strengthening health systems
One size fits all emphasis
Developmental planning
Aggregate targets instead of equity
National data obscures inequities in the country, county, district, and city

Question 14

MGDs are good, but not always ______.

Answer 14

accurate

Question 15

How many SDGs are there?

Answer 15

17

Question 16

What are the goals of sustainable development?

Answer 16

1. Guide economic and social development
2. Economic progress is widespread
3. Extreme poverty eliminated
4. Strengthen communities and social trust
5. Environment protected from human degradation

Question 17

What SDGs are related to health?

Answer 17

#3 - good health and well being
But in reality they all impact health and well being in some way

Question 18

What is sustainable development?

Answer 18

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 19

What are the 4 dimensions of sustainable development?

Answer 19

1. Economic development
2. Social inclusion
3. Environmental sustainability
4. Governance

Question 20

What are the concerns with the SDGs?

Answer 20

There are a lot of targets
No country is on track to meet all of the SDGs
We need to focus on the SDGs that are hard to solve - too costly? too broad? too ambitious?

Question 21

What is the major driver for modern economic progress?

Answer 21

technology