Millenium Development Goals

A Winning Game Plan for the Decade of Vaccines

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: World Health Assembly, Global Vaccine Action Plan, Millenium Development Goals, Decade of Vaccines Collaboration, Vaccines, Impact News

Among the resolutions the WHA will consider is one supporting the Global Vaccine Action Plan, a road map to ensure that by the end of this decade, every child, everywhere enjoys the full benefits of immunization.

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Milestones for My Daughter and Kids Around the World March 27, 2012

Elizabeth Gore | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Millenium Development Goals, Impact News

Have you ever thought about giving another mom a shot at letting her baby reach their milestones? The cost of a co-pay at the doctor's office could be matched by you to help the globe reach this important milestone.

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Education Is the Cure

Sarah Brown | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, International Women's Day, Millenium Development Goals, International Women's Day 2012, Women News

This week's international celebration of women is a vivid illustration of just how much the position of women in some countries around the world has improved over the past hundred years. But it also serves as a poignant reminder of how much work remains to be done.

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Norway Donates $9.9 Million For Mobile Technologies In Maternal Health

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: mHealth Alliance, Video, Norway, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Mobile Health, Millenium Development Goals, Children Health, United Nations, Impact News

The mHealth Alliance, hosted by the United Nations Foundation, announced yesterday that the Norwegian government has pledged US$9.9 million to support...

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World Bank: Extreme Poverty Reduced By Half

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012

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By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Wednesday developing countries appear to have already met a ...

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A Rwanda Where No Woman Dies At Birth

Gloria A. Iribagiza | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternal Death, Millenium Development Goal 5, Maternal Health Rwanda, Maternal Health Africa, Millenium Development Goals, Childbirth, Impact News

Changing the stakes for Rwanda, to become the safest place for women to give birth in Sub-Saharan Africa, calls for persistent commitment and determination in the maternal and child health cause.

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Advocating for Recruitment and Retention of Additional Health Workers in Uganda

Samuel Senfuka | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Maternal Health Uganda, Uganda, Global Motherhood, Uganda Health Care, Maternal Health, Millenium Development Goals, Maternal Health Africa, Reproductive Health, Impact News

In Uganda, 16 women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth related complications. Almost 99 percent of these deaths are preventable!

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Out of the Streets and Into the Classroom

Christine Horansky | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Global Citizenship, Bolivia, Cochabamba, Education, Youth, Millenium Development Goals, Children, United Nations, World Learning, Education News

The prospects of a nation lie in its youth. In the fight against poverty, educating every child is one of the best investments a country can make.

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Global Food Security: An Uphill Battle That Must Be Won

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: World Population, Farming, Hunger, Poverty, Africa, Millenium Development Goals, Global Brief, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Stanford University, Subsidies, Un, Freeman Spogli Institute?S Center on Food Security and the Environment, Food Security, Cash Crops, World News

This past Thursday, on the 10th of November 2011, former U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan delivered a speech at Stanford University on the occasion ...

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Teachers Around The World Share Their Stories On World Teachers' Day

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Teachers for Gender Equality, Education, Video, Millenium Development Goals, Unesco, Education International, United Nations, Unicef, Un, Teachers, World Teachers Day, Education News

Since World Teachers' Day's inception on October 5, 1994, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and Education Internati...

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Beyond Growth: The Importance of Inclusion

Antoinette Sayeh | Posted 09.06.2011

An increasing number of African countries have been growing robustly for more than a decade. But while growth is a necessary condition for poverty reduction and employment creation, is it also sufficient?

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Empowering Widows For A Brighter Future

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: African Partnership Forum, First Lady Gabon, Millenium Development Goals, Widows Day, International Widows Day, United Nations, Widows Day Un, First Lady Bongo Ondimba, Un, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, World News

There are 245 million widows in the world, yet their problems are often ignored. Today, on the first International Widows Day, I hope to break the silence of their suffering.

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Fighting Poverty: The Jesus We Serve, Or Deserve?

Ray Waddle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fighting Poverty, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Catholic Charities, What Would Jesus Cut, Millenium Development Goals, Poverty, Christian Charities, Charities, Religion News

An easy temptation is to feel overwhelmed by poverty's pain and persistence. Yet thousands -- millions -- of people are fighting for solutions, wasting no time on the indulgence of defeatism.

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Giving the Gift of Water to the Neediest This Holiday Season

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Americans gather together this holiday season, what will likely go unconsidered is an appreciation for the access to two basic necessities that many of us take for granted: water and adequate sanitation.

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Development On Decline For Struggling Countries

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Millenium Development Goals, Helen Clark, United Nations Development Program, Impact News

At last month's U.N. summit, international leaders gathered to discuss the progress of Millennium Development Goals. Many of the initiative's aims hav...

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Don't Forget About Perinatal Mental Health

Ruth Messinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Mental Health, Maternal Health, Millenium Development Goals, Infant Mortality, United Nations, Impact News

Perinatal mental illness, a known commodity in the United States, is also widespread in the developing world. For example, one-third of all South African women who give birth will experience some form of depression or anxiety during or shortly after pregnancy.

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Assessing the Millennium Summit

George Kent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Millenium Development Goal, Hunger, Millenium Development Goals, World News

Hunger, like so many other issues supposedly addressed by the Millennium Development Project, is a challenge of global governance, and not just a series of national problems. No child is born into a poor world.

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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

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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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5 Ways To Combat Pneumonia Globally

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Dr. Orin Levine, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, World Pneumonia Day, Mdg, Millenium Development Goals, Health, World News

Perhaps the most ambitious MDG is the fourth, which aims to reduce child mortality by two-thirds. Progress is being made on this goal but much more can and should be done.

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United Nations: Better Odds For Pregnant Moms, But Many Still In Danger

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pregnancy, Millenium Development Goals, U.N., Pregnancy Risk, United Nations, Impact News

KATMANDU, Nepal — Astamaya Tami, 55, is part of a ragtag army of women who have turned Nepal into an against-all-odds success story when it come...

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A Matter of Life and Death: The Preventable Crisis of Maternal Mortality

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth Death, Women, Pregnancy, Millenium Development Goals, United Nations, Religion News

Too many people of faith are unaware of the tragic and unending scale of maternal mortality. To bring attention to this global tragedy, we are calling on religious leaders to become involved.

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World Health Day: Mobile Technology Revolutionizes Healthcare Delivery In Developing World

Huffington Post Contributor | Dr. Daniel J. Carucci | Posted 05.25.2011

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In places where there are few cars, where roads remain unpaved, where basic infrastructure services such as clean water and electricity are scant, mob...

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