World Economic and Social Survey 2017
Since 1947 the World Economic and Social Survey has promoted a broader understanding of development, emphasizing the importance of advancing the structural transformation of the economy, progress in social
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Hyderabad: Mortality rate of infants still very high despite all existing facilities
Hyderabad: When 1000 babies are born 36.9 of them die on the first day of birth and 60 per 1000 die in the first one week of birth posing a major challenge to health care facilities and paediatricians.
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Menstrual hygiene practices in context of schooling: A community study among rural adolescent girls in Varanasi
<p>Up until now, poor menstrual hygiene in developing countries has been an insufficiently acknowledged problem. The lack of attention to this issue is striking as we cannot achieve several Millennium
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Deaths due to malaria, TB on the decline in Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan has registered accelerated decline in death rates from TB and malaria since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 2015.
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015, the 46th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of
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Reducing child deaths: the millennium development goal that is slipping away
UN urges final push on global targets that have shown little improvement, notably those related to women and children. Achieving global targets to reduce maternal and child deaths and increase access to
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How AIDS changed everything—MDG 6: 15 years, 15 lesson of hope from the AIDS response
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The AIDS targets of
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Aiming to eradicate poverty by 2015
The project aims to support the government in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 Sharmin, 15, was the class topper in Class IX. During
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Millennium Development Goals India country report 2014
This report captures the achievements in India as of today under the eight MDGs which are to be achieved by 2015. Read this report, related documents and find more....
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Improving sanitation (Editorial)
The world is not on track to meet one of its key millennium development goals
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Punjab among only 6 states that will meet target in 2015
A significant new research conducted to measure the progress of India and its states towards the realisation of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) pertaining to child mortality has shown the country is
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India to push for poverty eradication without caveats
India will push to make poverty eradication, ‘without any qualifiers,’ the centre-piece of the development framework post-2015, the stated deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), at
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Blissful ignorance
Millennium Development Goals
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800 million still hungry and poor despite progress of millennium goals- UN
About 800 million people still live in dire poverty and suffer from hunger despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) being the most successful anti-poverty push in history, the U.N.
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Neonatal health in Nepal: analysis of absolute and relative inequalities and impact of current efforts to reduce neonatal mortality
Nepal has made substantial progress in reducing under-five mortality and is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, but advances in neonatal health are less encouraging. The objectives of this
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Support sought for sanitation sector
Nepal has been lobbying for international support to improve sanitation and minimise water scarcity in the country in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals on sanitation and water by 2017. “We
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Sustainable Development Goals in the Netherlands: building blocks for environmental policy for 2030
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Central to this agenda are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that apply to all countries.
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Safely managed sanitation in high-density rural areas: turning fecal sludge into a resource through innovative waste management
Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the SDGs and central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank's Human Capital Index as critical for humans to develop
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Levels and trends in child malnutrition 2016
The UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank inter-agency team regularly updates joint global and regional estimates of child malnutrition. These estimates of prevalence and numbers for child stunting, overweight,
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Unfinished business: mobilizing new efforts to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goals
As world leaders gather at UN headquarters to review Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress to date, the World Bank Group has announced that it will mobilize significant new funding for health, education, and agriculture to help countries achieve their MDGs by 2015.