The Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development GoalsDr Tariq ur RehmanIPH & SS, Khyber Medical University

Learning Objective IntroductionWhat are the UN Millennium Development Goals ?What progress has been made ?Progress of MDGs in PakistanChallenges and Opportunities in Achieving MDGsIntroductionIn September 2000, one hundred and eighty-nine 189 UN member-countries came together at United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration and committed their nations to a new global partnership to promote development through a series of time-bound goals - with a deadline of 2015.

In total, 8 goals were established, which have become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).Reaffirmed:3Millennium Development Goals

MD Goal No. 1Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day.

Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.

Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

5MD Goal No. 2

Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling.MD Goal No. 3

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015.MD Goal No. 4

Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under fiveMD Goal No. 5

Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio.Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health.MD Goal No. 6

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it.Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

Combat ( Compete) , Halt ( to stop , to put an end to)10MD Goal No. 7

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources.Target 7b: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020

Slum Dwellers (live in poor dirty houses) 11MD Goal No. 8

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.

Address the special needs of the least developed countries.

Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.*

(through the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the outcome of the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly).12Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term.

In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

What progress has been made ?The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Goal 8: Develop global partnerships for development

Progress of MDGs in Pakistan..Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report 2013

Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving MDGsPakistans attempts to achieve the MDGs, cannot be appreciated or evaluated meaningfully without understanding the roadblocks experienced by the country in the last 14 years.

These are natural disasters, man-made conflicts, institutional, administrative and political changes, lack of awareness, weak commitments to hardcore structural economic reforms, fading commitments by development partners due to the global economic crisis of 2007, and belated localization and ownership of the MDG agenda at sub-national level.Global recession , belated 29Cont.With 18th Amendment before the end of the MDG period, the provinces began to develop a strong commitment to achieve the education and health related MDGs. The MDG Acceleration Framework being finalized by the provinces to achieve UPE by 2016 will be a test case to show the commitment of the provinces to the MDGs and the post-2015 Agenda..

Reference: http://www.undp.org.ph/The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report 2013

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