Millenium Development Goals

Six million children worldwide died last year from preventable diseases and other complications, which was about half the number of similar deaths in 2000 when nations endorsed goals to end extreme poverty, the United Nations said on Tuesday

By Rhea Colaco/ IndiaSpend First, the good news: 37 babies died for every 1,000 that were born in 2015, two better than the government’s projections of an infant mortality rate of 39 for that year, according to new data released last week. That’s a drop of 53 per cent over 25 years. Now, the bad news: The target for infant mortality rate reduct...

South Africa has recently won recognition for achieving the Malaria Millennium Development Goal Target, at the African UnionSummit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

On 25th September at the United Nations, 193 world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - a series of 17 ambitious goals for people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships.

World leaders on Friday pledged to end extreme poverty in 15 years, launching an ambitious UN development agenda that sets priorities for trillions of dollars in spending.

It's been billed as "the biggest launch in history" and is possibly the largest ever gathering at the United Nations. Over 150 heads of state, NGOs from around the globe, Nobel Prize winners and media crew are going to descend on the UN headquarters in New York on Friday for the landmark Sustainable Development Summit that coincides with the 70th a...

Progress slashing unhealthy ozone in the western United States has been largely undone by pollution wafting across the Pacific from China, according to a study published on Monday.

The price tag for a bold global new anti-poverty agenda comes to between $3.5 and $5 trillion annually over the next 15 years, part of a United Nations' "to-do list" for the world.

After growing rapidly from 2000 to 2010, global health funding remained stagnant between 2010 and 2014, amounting to $35.9 billion in 2014, says a study.

India is walking the talk in its efforts to contribute to the success of the ambitious post-2015 Development Agenda through the national targets to eradicate poverty and provide access to basic sanitation and electricity to all, the country's top diplomat at the UN said.

India continues to battle poverty, child and maternal deaths, according to a United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals that said while several key global targets have been met, more sustained effort is needed to cover disparities by the 2015 deadline.

India's standing is far lower than the African nations as far as education is concerned. For instance, in Rajasthan while the government insists that literacy has doubled in the last decade, the quality of education has plummeted and the student teacher ratio is abysmal.At Kamlu Ki Dhaani, about 60 kms from Alwar, children don't even have a school ...

Six million children worldwide died last year from preventable diseases and other complications, which was about half the number of similar deaths in 2000 when nations endorsed goals to end extreme poverty, the United Nations said on Tuesday

By Rhea Colaco/ IndiaSpend First, the good news: 37 babies died for every 1,000 that were born in 2015, two better than the government’s projections of an infant mortality rate of 39 for that year, according to new data released last week. That’s a drop of 53 per cent over 25 years. Now, the bad news: The target for infant mortality rate reduct...

South Africa has recently won recognition for achieving the Malaria Millennium Development Goal Target, at the African UnionSummit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

On 25th September at the United Nations, 193 world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - a series of 17 ambitious goals for people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships.

World leaders on Friday pledged to end extreme poverty in 15 years, launching an ambitious UN development agenda that sets priorities for trillions of dollars in spending.

It's been billed as "the biggest launch in history" and is possibly the largest ever gathering at the United Nations. Over 150 heads of state, NGOs from around the globe, Nobel Prize winners and media crew are going to descend on the UN headquarters in New York on Friday for the landmark Sustainable Development Summit that coincides with the 70th a...

Progress slashing unhealthy ozone in the western United States has been largely undone by pollution wafting across the Pacific from China, according to a study published on Monday.

The price tag for a bold global new anti-poverty agenda comes to between $3.5 and $5 trillion annually over the next 15 years, part of a United Nations' "to-do list" for the world.

After growing rapidly from 2000 to 2010, global health funding remained stagnant between 2010 and 2014, amounting to $35.9 billion in 2014, says a study.

India is walking the talk in its efforts to contribute to the success of the ambitious post-2015 Development Agenda through the national targets to eradicate poverty and provide access to basic sanitation and electricity to all, the country's top diplomat at the UN said.

India continues to battle poverty, child and maternal deaths, according to a United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals that said while several key global targets have been met, more sustained effort is needed to cover disparities by the 2015 deadline.

India's standing is far lower than the African nations as far as education is concerned. For instance, in Rajasthan while the government insists that literacy has doubled in the last decade, the quality of education has plummeted and the student teacher ratio is abysmal.At Kamlu Ki Dhaani, about 60 kms from Alwar, children don't even have a school ...