What's MDG's ?

In September 2000, the largest-ever gathering of Heads of State ushered inthe new millennium by adopting the Millennium Declaration.The Declaration, endorsed by 189 countries, was then translated into aroad map setting out goals to bereached by 2015. The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) build on agreements made at United Nations conferences in the 1990s and represent commitments to reduce poverty and hunger, and to tackle ill-health, gender inequality, lack of education, lack of access to clean water and environmental degradation.The MDGs are framed as a compact, which recognizes the contribution that developed countries can make throughtrade, development assistance, debtrelief, access to essential medicines and technology transfer. Some of WHO's work is tied directly toone MDG, for example, WHO's work on HIV/AIDS. Other work touches not one specific goal, but several at the same time, for example, WHO's work on strengthening health systems.

Their Goals are :

• Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger andPoverty
• Goal 2: Achieve Universal PrimaryEducation
• Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality andEmpower Women
• Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
• Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
• Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria andother diseases
• Goal 7: Ensure EnvironmentalSustainability
• Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnershipfor Development