Development aid is failing to improve the lives of the poorest 20 percent of the world's population, according to a report predicted growing global inequality. Poverty rates were halved under the United
The number of deaths in India during childbirth accounts for 17 per cent of such deaths globally Nearly five women die every hour in India from complications developed during childbirth, with heavy
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Every five minutes, at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and child birth, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. According to WHO, of the 529,000 maternal deaths
This report from A Promise Renewed – a global partnership initiative aimed at ending preventable child and maternal deaths – features updates and analyses of global, regional and national child mortality
Islamabad—The World Bank Group in its recently published report “Pakistan Country Snapshot” has said that the country has made impressive progress in reducing absolute poverty and improving shared prosperity.
<p>Today, the world leaders will adopt the new 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Read the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</p>
South African President Jacob Zuma has been awarded the 2016 African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) award for his country’s achieving the malaria Millennium Development Goal target of reducing malaria
India continues to be at the top of the table Concerned over the slow rate at which stillbirths have reduced across the world, missing a specific Millennium Development Goal target, the journal, The
Paediatricians say more than half of under-five child deaths are due to diseases that are preventable Pneumonia is now the second leading cause of death (15 per cent) among under-five children with
<p>The world in 2020 is in a state of flux. While much progress has been made globally over the past ten years in expanding access to, and adoption of, broadband infrastructure and services, significant
The World Bank has revised the global poverty line, previously pegged at $1.25 a day to $1.90 a day (approximately Rs. 130). This has been arrived at based on an average of the national poverty lines of
With the United Nations set to discuss the post-2015 global development agenda for sustainable development in a conference which is to take place in New York between September 25 and 27, where Prime Minister
The practice of open defecation in Ghana is still very alarming, with current data suggesting that almost a quarter of the Ghanaian population do not use any latrine facility. Statistics also indicates
The Engineers’ Welfare Forum (EWF) of West Bengal Development Corporation Limited on Sunday organised a national seminar to generate awareness on renewable energy. The day-long seminar focused on creating
Pretoria — Government has already met the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals of reducing the number of people who don't have access to basic water supply by half. According to figures released
ISLAMABAD – The officials of UNICEF called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and congratulated him for achieving Millennium Development Goals of sanitation and improved drinking water, according to
Question raised in Lok Sabha on MDG for sanitation, 23/07/2015. Data on State/UT-wise percentage of Rural Households with access to toilets is included in this document.
A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved and
<p>Shaping up the post-2015 development agenda is of crucial importance in the development process around the Globe as 2015 was the last year of milllionium development goals. It is the right time to asses
United Nations notes progress on Millennium Development Goals, but says challenges remain for India India has made notable progress towards realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including
