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The Millennium Development Goals offer: An unparalleled opportunity to make the world a better place A formal recognition that poverty can be solved when both the rich and poor world work together A practical and achievable set of targets for international development up to 2015.

The MDGs at a glance 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education 3. Promote gender equality and empower women 4. Reduce child mortality 5. Improve maternal health 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. Ensure environmental sustainability 8. Develop a global partnership for development - including through fairer trade, debt relief and better aid.

In a world where… 1.2 billion people currently live on less than US$1/day 28,000 children die from poverty- related causes everyday MDG 1 aims to…

In a world where… 115 million school-aged children are not in school 133 million young people cannot read and write MDG 2 aims to…

In a world where… Two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are female. MDG 3 aims to…

In a world where… Over 11 million children under the age of five die each year, most from preventable diseases MDG 4 aims to…

In a world where… More than 500,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth every year More than 50 million women suffer from poor reproductive health and serious pregnancy-related illness and disability MDG 5 aims to…

In a world where… About 4.8 million people became newly infected with HIV in 2003 (more than 13,000each day) Malaria causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually An estimated two million deaths resulted from tuberculosis in 2002 MDG 6 aims to…

In a world where…

Over 2.4 billion people lack access to proper sanitation facilities and one billion lack access to drinkable water Forests are disappearing at unprecedented rates globally MDG 7 aims to…

In a world where… Cows receive more aid than people (Europe’s cows receive $2/day in subsidies) Many developing countries spend more on interest repayments on their debt than they do on health and education combined Only 5 of the world’s rich countries give the amount of aid they committed to in 1970 MDG 8 aims to…