8 MDGs
Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
Description
Dev. countries (Africa & Asia) = extreme poverty & hunger
Poverty & hunger > severe malnutrition > lifelong physical & cognitive damage > affects health, well-being & economy
Suggestions to eradicate poverty:
Education
Gender Equality
More jobs
Invest in agric.
Strengthened nutr. programs
Support & protection of vul. countries
Achieve universal primary education
Description
Educated women
Seek medical care during pregnancy
Ensure proper nutrition
Adopt healthy sanitary practices
Ensure children's immunization
Children more likely to:
Marry
Family plan
Know rights & respons.
Seek employment
Decreased risk of STDs
Support & protect. of vuln. countries
Promote gender equality & empower women
Description:
Equal rep. of men & women
Empower women
Creates opp. in edu, work, finances, etc.
Ways:
Childhood dev. intervention
Promote women's pol. rights
Imp. rep. health programs
Gender eq. in edu.
Imp. access to work & labor policies
Support & protect. of vuln. countries
Reduce child mortality
Programs & Policies:
Imp. nutri. intake
Imp. HC facilities & infras.
Ways:
Immun. programs
Survival & better health of mothers
Imp. rep. health programs
Better nutr. programs
Improve maternal health
Description:
Mother's health = fam. health & wellness
Maternal health eradicates:
Poverty
GI
Dec. workforce
Lower birth deaths
Women's disability
Ways:
Imp. & proper nutr. of women
Benefits of birth spacing & small fam. size
Education of imp. of maternal health
Better & imp. access to hospital care
Obstetric-gynecology
Prenatal care
Postnatal care
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & Other Diseases
Description:
These diseases affect productivity & growth of nations
Effects of disease outbreak
Loss of jobs
Shortage in prof. workers
Social crises
Children are more vuln. to exploitation & abuse
Ways:
Imp. housing conditions
Increased access to anti-malarial med.
Safer sex behavior & prev. edu.
TB Screening of HIV/AIDS person
TB-Directly Observed Treatment Short (TB-DOTS)
Insecticide-treated nets
Ensure environmental sustainability
Description:
Investing & supp. sustainable energy
Solar
Wind
Water
Live heathier & enjoy a clean & green env.
Benefits:
Cleaner air & env.
Clean, env-friendly, renew, energy
New jobs & business
Increased access to sanitation
Global Partnership for Development
Description:
UN, WHO, WB
Fair trade
Heav. indebted count. obtain relief & funds
Combat poverty, maln, funds for edu. & social proj.
Benefits:
Expanded int. trade agreements
Imp. access to aff. med.
Red. poverty through gov. debt relief grant
Dev. ICT infras.