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Millennium Development Goals

3 of the Millennium Development Goals relate to gender, child mortality and maternal health.

Goal 1.

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2.

Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3.

Promote gender equality and empower women

Target 4. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary

education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.
Goal 4.

Reduce child mortality
Target 5. Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2005, the under-5 mortality rates.
Goal 5. Improve maternal health
Target 6. Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio.
Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8. Develop a global partnership for development

 

 

 

 

 

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