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The Global Nutrition Movement

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Damon, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Mdg Summit Nutrition, Matt Damon Nutrition, Clinton Global Initiative, MDG Summit, Childhood Nutrition, Global Health, Impact News

The first 1,000 days of a child's life determines her mental and physical development for life. Without proper nutrition, children are more prone to infectious diseases, will struggle in school and will be less productive in her job.

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Can Women and Technology Save the UN Development Goals?

Daniel Hernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Undp, Womens Rights, Mdgs, Ban Ki-Moon, Africa, United Nations, Michele Bachelet, Development, Un, Womens Empowerment, Feminism, MDG Summit, Jeffrey Sachs, Selim Jahan, World News

We're behind on our 15-year goal to reduce world poverty by half by 2015, yes. But breakthrough technologies and a focus on women's empowerment may allow us to catch up and save lives as never before.

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Replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria

The MDG Advocates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Mdgs, Tuberculosis, MDG Summit, Impact News

On October 4-5, the world community will consider the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. This is a crucial opportunity to sustain and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

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Prevention Is Better Than Post-Conflict Catch-Up

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Fragile States, Mdgs, Conflict, Mashable, Post-Conflict, Social Good Summit, MDG Summit, Un Media Lounge, wdr2011, International Community, Un, New York, Wdr, World News

Violence is the antithesis of development. It tears down what's been built up. It destroys lives, shortens horizons, and inflicts huge psychological and physical pain.

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The 3Ds: Defense(devleopment)Diplomacy

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Millenium Development Goal, Aidwatch, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Barack Obama, Digital-Media-Lounge, Alanna Shaikh, Mdgs, Mashable, Tim Wirth, Usaid Policy, Un, Rajiv Shah, Usaid, MDG Summit, Impact News

The message of the new U.S. development plan is about our interests. Obama made it clear and USAID director Dr. Raj Shah confirmed it.

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A Welcome Shout-Out to Civil Society

Nancy Boswell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Corruption, Barack Obama, Civil-Society, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, MDG Summit, World News

The Obama Administration should help ensure that other governments accord the same regard for civil society as we do. Until civil society can safely share its views and advocate reform, corrupt leaders will not be held accountable.

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Global Fund an Early Test for Obama's New Global Poverty Strategy

Joanne Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Affairs, Global Fund, Barack Obama, MDG Summit, Politics News

Yesterday President Obama stood before the United Nations and outlined his vision for the United States to continue the fight against global poverty a...

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Tackling Corruption at the MDG Summit: Promises, Promises

Nancy Boswell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Corruption, MDG Summit, Barack Obama, United Nations, World News

Corruption will continue to eat away at MDG resources until there is action on specific, time-bound transparency, accountability, and integrity requirements and the resources to achieve them.

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Airplanes, Indicators and the Countdown to the Millennium Development Goal Deadline

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Craig Kielburger, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, Free the Children, United Nations, World News

Sahr Banga used to go to a school with walls made of dung. The community mothers would re-smear them every few months. When the weather warmed to scorching temperatures, they dried, cracked and crumbled.

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Queen Rania Perfect In Persimmon (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royalty, Queen Rania, Poll, Queen Rania Style, MDG Summit, Style News

Jordan's Queen Rania attended the end of the 2010 MDG Summit on Wednesday night and she was hard to miss in a persimmon-colored dress. She balanced ou...

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Our Pledges for the Millennium Development Goals

John W. McArthur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, World News

With five years to go, we pledge our own best efforts to work with communities around the world to help ensure the MDGs are achieved.

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There's Progress Afoot in Africa -- Focusing on the Millennium Development Goals Trailblazers

Ben Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, Africa, World News

Africa's often-mentioned hot spots increasingly have become isolated islands of instability on an otherwise surging continent. Let us put aside the African cliché and instead focus our lens on the stars -- the MDG Trailblazers.

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Only Good Governance Can Guarantee Africa Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Tony Blair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), U.N. Millennium Development Goals Summit, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, World News

The MDGs are changing lives for the better. As we take stock, we must recognize Africa's progress in the two areas that success with the MDGs depends on: good governance and a thriving private sector.

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Why Global Fund Reform Paves the Way for Robust Pledges

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mdgs, Global Fund, MDG Summit, World News

Change is hard. It scares people, even those in uncomfortable situations. As I look at the New York skyline, preparing for President Obama's pledge to...

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An Unexpected Dilemma at the UN Development Summit: How to Handle Success?

Todd Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, World News

What if the U.N. and the assembled "developmentistas" tried a different tack? Instead of crying crisis, what if they celebrated success?

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Lessons From the MDGs

Jamie Holmes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mdgs, Global Poverty, Poverty, Development, Social Protection, MDG Summit, World News

Social Protection strategies are not a magic bullet for global development. But they may be a necessary condition.

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15 Days to Change the World: Now or Never

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MDG Summit, Mdg, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Hiv, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Carla Bruni, Aids, Millenium Development Goals, Impact News

In the course of the next fortnight we are going to find out if the world is ready to follow through on a promise to turn the tide against this AIDS or whether it will stumble. 

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Climate Change Threatens to Undermine Progress on Development

Sen. John Kerry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Millenium Development Goals, John Kerry, Mdgs, John Kerry Climate Change, Global Poverty, Global Health, Climate Change Legislation, MDG Summit, Green News

Changing weather patterns will inject an element of chaos into the already-fragile existences of the world's poorest people. The Millennium Development Goals are as good a framework as we have to craft a path forward.

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The Global Fund: An ROI that Gives Life

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 6x3, Funding, Global Fund, MDG Summit, World News

I was near Wall Street yesterday. The money that continues to pour into the investment banks, hedge funds and money center banks is staggering. But th...

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Why This Week's U.N. Summit Should Not Lose Sight of Universal Education

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Education for All, Global AIDS Alliance, Education, Desmond Tutu, MDG Summit, Politics News

U.S. funding for a Global Fund for Education would come exclusively from the U.S. foreign aid budget, and a small pittance of it, at that. Not one penny would be taken from our own children's schools.

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As World Leaders Gather for UN MDG Summit, President Carter Calls on Faith Community for Support

Rev. Peter M. Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, United Nations, Jimmy Carter Millennium Development Goals, Jimmy Carter Mdgs, Jimmy Carter Day1, Religion News

In a special message broadcast Sunday, Sept. 12 on our nationally syndicated "Day 1" radio program, President Jimmy Carter called on members of all faiths to take action against global hunger and poverty by supporting the MDGs.

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Time for World Leaders, and Everyday People, to Stand Up for the MDGs

Dr. Paul Zeitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), HIV/AIDS Africa, Global Fund, MDG Summit, Politics News

I witnessed an inspirational sight last week in Johannesburg: A committed group of Africans from seven nations demanded - in the strongest terms possi...

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Are the MDGs Useful for Africa?

Todd Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mdgs, Mdg, Millennium Development Goals, Africa, MDG Summit, World News

Here is a quick summary of my very modest contribution to the online debate whether the MDGs are useful to Africa or not. My sense is that the MDGs are:

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MDGs: The Millennium Development... Guys?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Poverty, Hiv, United Nations, Maternal Health, Development, Aids, Child Health, MDG Summit, Paul Kagame, Politics News

Why is it that Bill Gates is covering all the MDGs of greatest concern to women, but real women leaders, including those who fought to put these issues on the global agenda and staffed actual health facilities are not?

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Congress Leads on Global Education: Will Obama Follow?

Joanne Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Global Fund for Education, MDG Summit, G-8, World News

While the administration has failed to deliver on President Barack Obama's pledge to create a new Global Fund for Education, Congress is increasingly showing support for the idea.

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