Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. They include reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS, and developing a global partnership for development.
Millennium Development Goals
- Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty
- Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
- Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality
- Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
- Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
- Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS
- Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
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