Millennium Development Goals
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World health: Progress after Covid — then Trump struck
On World Health Day, let’s not lose sight of hope, of taking action to make sure we create societies in which our children can not only survive but thrive
We need to do more than recognise that water is a human right
Water is central to human life and cuts across the sustainable development goals water
The most important story you missed in 2019
Each of us probably overlooks tens of thousands of important news stories every year. But the biggest one people missed in 2019 happened in October
Comment: Mother and child health must improve
Increasing access to health services will prevent many mothers and newborn babies from dying.
Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals
The UN’s working group suggests 169 targets for the Sustainable Development Goals. But we have to focus on fewer if the results are to be measurable.
Millennium Development Goals expire next year … What then?
The UN needs to get a fix on achievable goals for its next 15-year global development agenda. Economics may well show the way, writes Bjørn Lomborg.
MDGs: Child and maternal health needs critical care
Despite increased efforts to improve child and maternal health, countries are still lagging behind in meeting their Millennium Development Goals.
Lay workers on frontline in fight against child mortality in Malawi
Resource-lean, short of professionals and prone to food crises, Malawi doesn’t look like a candidate for any of the millennium development goals.
Nuclear power will cost the country dearly
Government and the unions are being lobbied by an industry increasingly desperate to sell reactors, says <b>Rianne Teule</b>.
Manuel: SA has failed to deliver to the poor
South Africa has failed to deliver quality services to the poor, despite adequate funding, Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.
Rich donors urge rethink of aid at UN poverty meeting
Budget-strapped rich donors will call for a rethink of strategies to make sure their aid funds are not wasted when world leaders meet this week.
Economic crisis slows progress on development goals
A United Nations report has warned that the negative economic climate could slow progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
World Bank presses aid to developing world
The World Bank has urged industrialised nations to maintain aid flows to developing nations to offset an expected decline in private capital flows.
Meeting the goals
Last week world leaders gathered at the UN to assess midway progress towards achieving targets known as the Millennium Development Goals.
UN chief: Where is Africa’s promised aid?
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed to rich countries to honour their 2005 pledge to more than double their aid to the African continent.