According to a Unicef report, South Africa has reduced its child mortality rate from 60 deaths per every 1 000 live births in 1990 to 41 in 2015.
By prioritising safe water and sanitation, Africa’s leaders can also ensure the unfinished business of the MDGs is dealt with, writes Lindlyn Moma.
As Africans we can speak for ourselves. We can make our own decisions and correct them if need be, but please don’t patronise us, writes Sipho Moyo.
The world has begun a dialogue that I believe could help redefine the destiny of humanity, writes Archbishop Njongo Ndungane.
The people directly affected by the Millennium Development Goals were not involved in drafting them. This must not happen again.
African leaders at the UN Aids summit have asked for money to deal with the pandemic and to reach the Millenium Development Goals.
At 8pm Joana Charles waits outside class for her history teacher at a school in Maputo, while hundreds of children run and play in the dark.
With only five years left to achieve the MDGs, a "greater sense of urgency" is required to ensure they are realised, President Jacob Zuma says.
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/ 23 September 2010
Governments are on the brink of breaking a Millennium Development Goal promise of a decent quality basic education for all by 2015.
United States President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty.
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/ 22 September 2010
African leaders said on Tuesday they could do more to meet UN goals to slash extreme poverty and urged stronger leadership among developing countries.
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/ 21 September 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed debt-ridden donor countries on Monday not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
SA has made a lot of progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals and there’s no need for pessimism, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
The Every Human Has Rights campaign seeks to uncover the failings of the Millennium Development Goals.
South Africa is not fulfilling its Millennium Development Goals, the Black Sash on Tuesday.
Development organisations are questioning whether the government is serious about improving the lives of its citizens.
Uganda’s editors are making stories about development accessible, writes Richard M Kavuma.
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/ 21 November 2008
The tie between health and wealth has held true for most of the world, and for as long as there appear to have been economists to notice it.
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/ 22 October 2008
Panicked emails bounced from Blackberry to Blackberry in the world’s wealthiest countries this week.
Last month the world’s leaders gathered again at the UN to assess midway progress towards achieving targets known as the Millennium Development Goals.
When the United Nations meets this week to discuss the Millennium Development Goals maternal mortality will be high on the agenda.
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/ 24 September 2008
Michael Keating reports on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals at the midpoint.