The developing countries may not be able to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction by 2015 with this present nature and the rate of development. The UN Millennium Project
Mortality rate is declining but not enough to meet Millennium Development Goal. India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 of the 2.89 lakh women who died as a result of complications due to pregnancy or childbearing in 2013. Nigeria is second with nearly 40,000, stated the UN report on maternal deaths released on Tuesday.
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 Target 5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. It has been a challenge to assess the extent of progress due to
The Centre said the country will achieve the eight millennium development goals (mdgs) adopted by the UN to strengthen social infrastructure within the stipulated time-frame and funds will not stand
In the past decade, a sense of urgency has started to pervade alcohol regulation in South Africa. The burden of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity is among the highest in the world, and its effects
The book provides a concise introduction to the debates in a number of vital development sectors in view of the move from the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development
Member-countries of the United Nations, including India have failed to take action to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in the year 2000, according to an assessment report by Action
The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at its core. A dedicated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) declares a commitment to “ensure availability
The purpose of the document is to lay out the findings from this diagnostic exercise. Its key messages include stressing the need to reach higher to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets
The report calls for donors and government to boost investment in climate change resilience, to avoid problems that would have catastrophic results on African development such as major food shortages,
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With the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expiring in 2015, the world awaits a new, ambitious framework for improving lives. This framework must pass the vital test of reducing inequalities, especially
Secretary Finance and Planning Ministry P. B. Jayasundera addressing the opening sessions of the UN workshop on Millennium Development Goals Based National Development Strategies stressed the need
An estimated 2·6 million third trimester stillbirths occurred in 2015 (uncertainty range 2·4–3·0 million). The number of stillbirths has reduced more slowly than has maternal mortality or mortality in
The 14 Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs) will need as much as $47.3 billion (about Rs 2,00,000 crore) by 2015 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set by the United
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cases of tuberculosis, 18/12/2015. As per the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB report 2015, in the year 2014, 2.2 million cases were estimated in India which is
Planners and development economists in the world are struggling to redeem the three billion human beings from the pangs of hunger. Empowered by the Millennium Development Goal, a United Nations
With only four years remaining in which to achieve the key targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), most of the world’s Heads of State and Government came to the United Nations in September
Unless progress takes place at a faster pace, poorer states in India, as also in Pakistan and Afganistan , would find it difficult to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) on primary
Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman has renewed Bangladesh's commitment to ensure services to the poor women during their pregnancy towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals
