2.  Child death rates are decreasing, but not quickly enough  Many developed countries have managed to decrease their under-five mortality rates  These rates have been more than halved  The main causes of child deaths are related to malnutrition and lack of access to adequate primary health care  Expanding immunization programs help to reduce child deaths  Providing mosquito nets reduces spread of disease  Working with governments, health providers, and communities in the field, UNICEF helps families learn basic health knowledge

3.  Gender differences when concerning education have become smaller but still exists  Men still outnumber women in paid employment  Women are slowly gaining political power  Providing secondary school money for girls has helped  Setting gender quotas in government  Money and resources to end violence against women

4.  Poverty rates have decreased  However, many people are under the international poverty line ($1.25/day)  Economic crisis will push additional people into extreme poverty  Children in rural areas are more likely to be underweight than children in urban areas  Agricultural research and development has helped to cut the prevalence of hunger

5.  Improved access to drinking water  More people affected in rural areas  Many people lack access to improved sanitation  Many species are currently at risk of extinction  Possible solutions: water towers, pipe systems, water quality surveillance systems  Provide education of sustainable development

6.  Enrollment in schools has increased, but the pace is insufficient to ensure that all children complete primary schooling  Abolition of school fees  Additional funds for classrooms, teaching material, and teachers  Provide school meals  Put an end to child marriages and keep girls in school

7.  Every day people are infected with HIV  Provide free access at antiretroviral treatment centres  Attempts to control the incidence of tuberculosis  Prevent mother to child transmission of HIV  Distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets

8.  Develop further an open, rule based, predictable, on discriminatory trading and financial system  Address the special needs of least developed countries, land locked countries, and small island developing states  Deal comprehensively with developing countries debt  In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries  In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies

9.  350,000 women die annually from complication during pregnancy and childbirth  Some countries are achieving significant declines in maternal mortality rates  The majority of maternal deaths are caused by haemorrhage, sepsis, unsafe abortion, obstructed labour, and hypertensive diseases of pregnancy  Progress is being made in providing pregnant women with antenatal care  HIV is also affecting the progress, and it contributes significantly to material mortalitiy