Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals Tackling diseases such as TB is one of the Millennium Development Goals Agreed at the UN’s Millennium Summit in September 2000, the Millennium Development Goals tackle world poverty and disease head on. With over 190 countries now signed up and with four of the goals relating specifically to health, HLSP is committed to supporting governments world-wide to realise these goals. The goals are: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day and those who suffer from hunger. Achieve Universal Primary Education Ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education preferably 2005 and at all levels by 2015. Reduce Child Mortality Reduce by two thirds the mortality rates among children under five. Improve Maternal Health Reduce by three quarters the ratio of women dying in childbirth. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS and the incidence of Malaria and other major diseases. Ensure Environmental Sustainability Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. By 2015, reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. By 2020, achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. more