2015 Millennium Goals
End Poverty and World Hunger
Achieve Universal PrimaryEducation
Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Reduce Child Mortality
Improve Maternal Health
Combat HIV/AIDS , Malaria and other diseases
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Develop a Global PartnershipFor Development
Poverty and HungerReduce by half, the proportion of people living
on less than a dollar a day Reduce by half, the proportion of people who
suffer from hunger.
ProblemThe progress for reducing hunger is being prevented by increases in food costEscalating prices are driven by:Changing dietsIncrease in world populationEconomic growthUse of food crops for biofuel
ResultMalnourished children under the age of five
declined from 33% in 1990 to 26% in 2006
ReferencesUnited Nations. (2008). The millennium development goals report 2008. Retrieved on March 10,
2010 from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/poverty.shtml
World Health Organization . (2010). Malnutrition. Retrieved on March 10, 2010 from http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/malnutrition/en/
Karen Hardin, B.S. RD
Dietician
Hazel Forsythe, Ph.D. RD
Associate Professor
Margaret Cook-Newell, Ph.D. RD
Lecturer
March, 2010
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