Under-five mortality rate reduced sharply
TANZANIA has been hailed for registering major achievements in attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) number four for reducing under- five mortality from 161 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 54
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines, 2016
<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
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The State of Broadband: Tackling digital inequalites
<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
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Six Caribbean countries attain MDGs on hunger
Six Caribbean countries have attained the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on hunger and feature promising indicators with regards to food security and nutrition, according to a report released here
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Pakistan achieves 12pc protected area target under MDGs: Minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan has said that Pakistan has achieved the target of 12% protected areas under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Environmental Sustainability.
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Pakistan making progress in dealing with climate change
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan Wednesday told the United Nations that it had achieved the Millennium Development Goal environmental sustainability target of 12 per cent protected areas and was working to increase
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On health front, India 143rd among 188 nations: Study
A global study on a range of health indicators released on Thursday has ranked India 143rdamong 188 countries, citing various challenges, including mortality rates, malaria, hygiene and air pollution.
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Status and drivers of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the Islamic world: a comparative analysis
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period saw dramatic gains in health goals MDG 4 and MDG 5 for improving child and maternal health. However, many Muslim countries in the south Asian, Middle Eastern,
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Botswana Reduces TB Mortality Rate
The Vice President, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi, says Botswana is among the 147 United Nations member states that are committed to re-enforcing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as halt Tuberculosis
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Global Childhood Report 2019
More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago. But one in four children still denied right to a safe and healthy childhood, with children living in or fleeing conflict zones
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Sachet water syndrome takes roots among Nigerians, says report
NOTWITHSTANDING the much touted success in attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), access to clean water remains a major challenge to many Nigerian households. A poll conducted
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Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs
WHO launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years. "Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs" identifies the key drivers of
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30 crore people still live in extreme poverty in India: UN report
About 30 crore people still live in extreme poverty in India even as the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) programme will expire in December, a United Nations report has said. "Still nearly 300 million
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India’s maternal mortality rate drops further
India’s maternal mortality rate has further dropped to 167 per one lakh live births, an indication that India will be able to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 concerning maternal deaths — a feat that
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6K cr less budget for health cause of concern
Even as India is struggling hard to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) including maternal and infant mortality rate, the Finance Ministry's bid to cut more than `6,000 crore in the Health
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Inequality and the end of extreme poverty
Fifteen years after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a decade after G7 leaders gathered in Gleneagles to promise to ‘make poverty history’, the end of extreme poverty is within
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SAARC development goals: India country report 2013
SAARC Development Goals are regionalized from of Millennium Development Goals, with some additional targets and indicators, for the period of five years, 2007-12. The Third SAARC Ministerial Meeting on
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Madhya Pradesh State MDG Report 2014-15
Madhya Pradesh State MDG Status report is not just an accounting exercise to assess the achievement levels of Millennium Development Goals. The report responds to multidimensional aspirations of inter-district
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia: key policy priorities and implementation challenges
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the world leaders in September 2015 represents a transformative framework to spur national actions to end poverty and hunger and build an inclusive
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia: key policy priorities and implementation challenges
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the world leaders in September 2015 represents a transformative framework to spur national actions to end poverty and hunger and build an inclusive