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The document discusses the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed upon by 191 UN member states to achieve by 2015, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development.

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Health 10

The document discusses the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed upon by 191 UN member states to achieve by 2015, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development.

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8 Millennium

Development
Goals

Prepared by: Shan Louise E. Sumagaysay


The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are
eight targets that all 191 UN Member States have
agreed to achieve by 2015.

The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in


September 2000 commits world leaders to fight
discrimination against women and children, disease,
hunger, poverty, illiteracy and environmental
degradation. All of these goals cannot be attained
without addressing each and everyone. All of them
influence, affect and depend on better global health
programs and policies.
Eradicate Extreme
Poverty and Hunger
Developing countries particularly in Africa and
Asia suffer from extreme poverty and hunger.
Poverty and hunger leads to severe malnutrition
which leads to lifelong physical and cognitive
(learning and reasoning) damage and affects
health, well-being and the economy. Some key
suggestions to eradicate poverty and hunger are:

Education
Promoting gender equality producing more
jobs
Investing more in agriculture
Strengthened nutrition programs for
children and infants
Support and protection of developing and
vulnerable countries during crises
Achieve Universal
Primary Education
Persons, particularly women who are educated, are more
likely to seek medical care especially during pregnancy,
ensuring proper nutrition for their family, adopting healthy
sanitary practices and ensuring immunization of children. As
an effect, infants and children have better survival rates, are
healthier and better nourished. It these are attained, children
who receive primary education are more likely to:

Marry and have their own families at a later stage in life


Practice family planning and have fewer children
Know rights, responsibilities and civic obligations
Seek employment and sustain personal and family needs
Have decreased risk of getting sexually transmitted
infections like HIVIAIDS
Support and protection of developing and vulnerable
countries during crises
Promote Gender Equality
And Empower Women
Gender equality means equal representation of men
and women. It implies that all gender should have
equal value and treatment. Equal gender treatment
empowers women and other groups creating
opportunities in education, work, finances, and
PROMOTE GENDER other aspects which improves the
economy and lessen effects of financial crises. Gender
equality can be achieved through:

Early childhood development intervention


Promotion of women's political rights and involvement
Improved reproductive health programs and policies
Education and integrating gender equality in school
curriculum
Improved women's access to work and strengthened labor
policies for women
Support and protection of developing and vulnerable
countries during crises
Reduce Child Mortality
Programs and policies which help reduce child
mortality. like improving nutritional intake, healthcare
facilities and infrastructure, and other fields which
improve children's lives. Strengthening local and
national health programs and policies is one way to
reduce child mortality. This includes:

Immunization programs
Assuring the survival and better health of
mothers
Improving reproductive health programs and
policies
Better nutrition program for infants, children
and mothers
Improve Maternal
Health
Improved maternal health is not only about
mother's health but also involves the health and
wellness of the family. Maternal health also helps
eradicate other problems like poverty, gender
inequality, decreased workforce, lower birth
deaths, and disability of women. Some ways to
improve maternal health include:
Improved and proper nutrition of mothers
Teaching the benefits of birth spacing and
small family size
Educating young boys and girls about the
importance of maternal health
Better and improved access to hospital care
especially obstetric-gynecology, prenatal and
postnatal car.
Combat HIV / Aids , Malaria
and Other Diseases
Emerging and re-emerging diseases like HIVIAIDS, malaria, influenza
and other diseases affect productivity and growth of nations. Some of
the effects of disease outbreak are loss of jobs, shortage in
professional workers, and creating social crises. Children are the most
vulnerable and are exposed to exploitation and abuse undermining
their normal growth and development. Some ways to combat diseases
include effective prevention, treatment and care like:
Improved housing conditions
Increased access to anti-malarial medicines
Promoting safer sex behavior and preventive
education for all
Promoting Tuberculosis (TB) screening of HIV/AIDS
persons and
TB - Directly Observed Treatment Short (TB-DOTS)
Course therapy
Promoting the use of insecticide-treated nets to
fight mosquito-borne diseases
Ensure Environmental
Sustainability
Investing and supporting sustainable energy
like solar, wind and water energy help support
jobs, create business opportunities, and save
remaining non-renewable energy sources.
Environmental sustainability assures peoples to
live healthier and enjoy a clean and green
environment. Some of the benefits of a
sustainable environment are:

Cleaner air and environment


Clean, environment-friendly, and renewable
energy
New and aspiring jobs and business in
energy
Increased access to sanitation
Global Partnership
For Development
The United Nations, World Health Organization,
World Bank and governments work together to make
sure there is fair trade and that heavily indebted
countries obtain relief and funds to combat poverty,
malnutrition and funds for education and social
projects. Some benefits of global partnership are:

Expanded, international trade


agreements
Improved access to affordable
medicine
Reduced poverty through government
debt relief grant
Developed information and
communication technology (ICT)
infrastructure

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