The International Conference on Family Planning, held in Kampala, Uganda, from November 15–18, 2009, drew over 1300 family planning researchers, program managers and health ministry officials from across the globe. This conference marked the reinvigoration of a global commitment to family planning. Why such renewed emphasis on family planning after 15 years of relative quiet? Perhaps it is beca...

The crisis of avoidable maternal, newborn, and child deaths in developing countries is currently a major focus for the global health community (Box 1), and it will be one of the leading issues discussed at the September 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [1–3]. Many countries are off track to reach the 2015 child and maternal health MDGs (MDGs 4 and 5), and additional donor ...

In 2000 ， China and other 188 UN member counties jointly signed the Millennium Declaration (hereafter referred to Declaration). According to the commitment, China will make efforts to achieve a set of objectives of the Millennium Development Goals, mainly including the following 8 aspects: 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education 3. Promote Gender Equality ...

As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline approaches the world is looking back at the last 20 years. While policy makers hail the success in meeting the povery reduction target of the MDGs, social unrests in the Middle East and North African regions and some parts of Asia and Europe question current economic growth models. Developing countries have been catching up economically at unp...

John W. McArthur, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guido SchmidtTraub Amir Attaran’s Policy Forum [1] raises important points on the poor quality of data for some indicators used to measure progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, sadly, uses these fi ndings to draw the wrong conclusions. The evidence he presents on a small number of indicators is partial, and does not justify his conclusion ...

John W. McArthur, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guido SchmidtTraub Amir Attaran’s Policy Forum [1] raises important points on the poor quality of data for some indicators used to measure progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, sadly, uses these fi ndings to draw the wrong conclusions. The evidence he presents on a small number of indicators is partial, and does not justify his conclusion ...

John W. McArthur, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guido SchmidtTraub Amir Attaran’s Policy Forum [1] raises important points on the poor quality of data for some indicators used to measure progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, sadly, uses these fi ndings to draw the wrong conclusions. The evidence he presents on a small number of indicators is partial, and does not justify his conclusion ...

John W. McArthur, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guido SchmidtTraub Amir Attaran’s Policy Forum [1] raises important points on the poor quality of data for some indicators used to measure progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, sadly, uses these fi ndings to draw the wrong conclusions. The evidence he presents on a small number of indicators is partial, and does not justify his conclusion ...

• The challenge for policymakers is to maximise the impact of growth on human development • What matters is how the opportunities presented by growth are distributed, and specific policies are needed to ensure that the poor gain their fair share • Equitable distribution of the benefits of growth, in the form of progressive taxation and pro-poor public spending on health, education and social pr...