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The Millennium Development Goals are a set of targets to reduce global poverty and improve living standards by 2015. Click on the buttons on the right to find out about the targets. |
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The Goals |
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Poverty and hunger |
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Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the number of people living on less than $1 per day |
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Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger |
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Education |
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Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling |
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Gender equality |
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Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 |
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Child mortality |
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Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate |
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Maternal health |
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Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality rate |
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Combat disease |
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Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/Aids |
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Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases |
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Environment |
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Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources |
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Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation |
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By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers |
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Global Partnership |
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Address the special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries small islands and developing states |
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Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system |
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Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt |
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In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth |
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In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries |
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In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications |
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