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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the Tackling extreme poverty and hunger, preventing
eight goals set by the 189 UN member states in deadly diseases, and expanding primary education
2000 and agreed to be achieved in 2015 to all children
Key Achievements in MGD : These are the eight Millennium Development Goals:
- More than 1 billion people have been lifted out 1. to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger
of extreme poverty (since 1990) 2. to achieve global primary education
- Child mortality dropped by more than half 3. to empower women and promote gender equality
(since 1990) 4. to reduce child mortality
- The number of out of school children has 5. to promote maternal health
dropped by more than half (since 1990) 6. to fight malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other diseases
- HIV/AIDS infections fell by almost 40 percent 7. to promote environmental sustainability
(since 2000) 8. to develop a universal partnership for development
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The new goals would have to
The United Nations was given the task of
be universal, integrated, and transformative. it
developing these new goals which need to target
cover the whole sustainability agenda: poverty,
more than poverty-related issues and apply not just
human development, the environment, and social
to the world’s poorer nations, but to all.
justice.
In 2015, a document called “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” it is
consist of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, supported by 169 specific targets. Key recommendations in
“Transforming Our World” basically boils down to : involve everybody. Governments, businesses, communities,
education—everyone
NO POVERTY
system is needed to
nourish today’s 795 Why do we need to fight?
Extreme hunger and malnutrition remains a
million hungry and barrier to sustainable development and creates a
the additional 2 trap from which people cannot easily escape.
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GOOD HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING Types of Health
What is Health?
● WHO defined that health is: “A resource
for everyday life, not the objective of living. ● Physical health is bodily functions are working
Health is a positive concept emphasizing at peak performance, due not only to a lack of
social and personal resources, as well as disease, but also to regular exercise,
physical capacities". balanced nutrition, and adequate rest.
● This means that health is a resource to ● Mental health refers to a person's emotional,
support an individual's function in wider social, and psychological well-being. Mental
society. A healthful lifestyle provides the health is as important as physical health to a
means to lead a full life. full, active lifestyle.
One in three people live without sanitation. End Open Defecation and Provide Access to Sanitation
This is causing unnecessary disease and death. and Hygiene
Although huge strides have been made with Improve Water Quality, Wastewater Treatment and
access to clean drinking water, lack of Safe Reuse
sanitation is undermining these advances.
Increase Water-Use Efficiency and Ensure Freshwater
If we provide affordable equipment and Supplies
education in hygiene practices, we can stop
this senseless suffering and loss of life Implement integrated water resources management