Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Goals

Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are, eight goals put in place by the 191 UN states, the goals are set to be reached by the year 2015. Signed September of 2000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015, the United Millennium Declaration commits leaders of the world to combat literacy, hunger, environmental degradation, disease, and discrimination against women. Having specific targets and indicators, the MDGs are acquired from this Declaration. The eight goals are, to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty, achieve universal primary education, empower women and promote gender equality, lessen the deaths in children, improve the health of mothers, combat diseases for example HIV/AIDS and†¦show more content†¦The monitoring progress indicator for this would be, maternal mortality ratio and the number of births attended by a skilled healthcare person. o The second target is to have universal access to reproductive health by 2015. T he monitoring progress indicators for this target according to MDG Indicators 2008 are, the rate of contraceptive prevalence, the birth rates of adolescents, antenatal care coverage, and the need for family planning that is unmet. †¢ To Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other Diseases Targets and Monitoring Progress Indicator: o The first target is to have stopped and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. The monitoring progress indicators according to MDG Indicators 2008 are, the prevalence of HIV among those between the ages of 15-24, condom use, correct comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS for the population of those of the aged 15-24, the ratio of orphans to non-orphans attendance at school between the ages of 10-14. o The second target is universal access for all of those who need treatment for HIV/AIDS, to be achieved by 2010. The monitoring progress indicator for this is, access to antiretroviral drugs (MDG Indicators 2008). The antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS have increased between the years 2004-2009 (Vandemoortele 2011). o The