Headquarters of the United Nations, in order to channel the different nations towards the path of development. As a result of this meeting a statement, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) arises and includes among its main goals: reducing extreme poverty and hunger, fighting infant and maternal mortality, stopping the spread of diseases (mainly HIV and malaria) and promoting universal access...

objective: evaluating the status of the eco member countries in relation to hiv/aids (goal 6-a) which includes the main targets for global hiv/aids control. materials and methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries' mdg reports and extracted the data on each mdg's indicator by year to explore the trend. in the next phase, the main stakeholders, from both governmental and interna...

objective: evaluating the status of the eco member countries in relation to goal 5 of 3rd millennium which includes 75% reduction of maternal mortality rate till 2015 in comparison to 1990. material and methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries’ mdg reports and extracted the data on each mdgs’ indicator by year and cause of mortality, (if possible) resident area (urban/rural) ...

Assessing the research output within the universities could provide an effective means for tracking the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress. This analytical database study was designed to assess the trend of research theses conducted by the Public Health Department (PHD), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University during the period 1990 to 2014 as related to the: MDGS, Faculty and departmen...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda crafted in 2001 targeting prominent challenges the world facing. These are eight international development goals to be achieved by 2015 addressing poverty, hunger, maternal and child mortality, communicable disease, education, gender inequality, environmental damage and the global partnership. This framework has laid ground by setting quantitative ...

We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries regarding the MDGs. Our results show that donors differ not only in terms of their overall generosity an...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), international targets set in September 2000 by 189 nations, commit to working towards a measurable reduction in poverty and achieving basic needs and rights for all, by 2015. The UN Declaration (UN General Assembly Resolution 55/2, United Nations Millennium Declaration) on which the MDGs were based upholds the principles of human dignity, equality and eq...

Running over timescales that span decades or centuries, the epidemiological transition provides the central narrative of global health. In this transition, a reduction in mortality is followed by a reduction in fertility, creating larger, older populations in which the main causes of illness and death are no longer acute infections of children but chronic diseases of adults. Since the year 2000...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) mobilized global commitments to promote health, socioeconomic, and sustainable development. Trends indicate that the health MDGs may not be achieved by 2015, in part because of insufficient coordination across related health, socioeconomic, and environmental initiatives. Explicitly acknowledging the need for such collaboration, the Meikirch Model of Healt...

Purpose The objective of this study is to analyze the influence institutional quality on attainment Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using a data set comprising 45 African nations during timeframe 2000 2020. Design/methodology/approach are divided into two periods, with Millennium (MDGs) covering years 2000–2015 and SDGs spanning from 2015 Controlling for other factors, researcher employs a...