1. THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2012. What progress has been made?

2. This presentation looks at The 2015 MDGs Progress made by 2012

3. THE MDGS Poverty & Hunger Child Mortality Gender HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other diseases Aid, trade, Growth & Global Partnership Maternal health Education Environment In July 2012, the UN reported on progress made towards the goals as part of it’s annual audit. The overall conclusions are that there is a “mixed picture” in development and action has to be speeded up if the ambitious targets set for 2015 are to be met. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to accelerate progress towards the MDGs.

4. IMPACT OF WORLD RECESSION Four years away from the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. China is almost alone in achieving economic growth and has invested heavily in African countries. Other countries have stagnated, with aid budgets a soft target for cuts.

5. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER Target 1A: Halve the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day. All developing regions except sub-Saharan Africa, western Asia and parts of eastern Europe are expected to achieve the MDG target. The global economic crisis has slowed progress, but the world is still on track to meet the poverty reduction target Prior to the crisis, the depth of poverty had diminished in almost every region

6. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION TARGET 2: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. Some of the poorest countries have made the greatest strides since 1999. Burundi, Madagascar, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo and the United Republic of Tanzania have achieved or are nearing the goal of universal primary education. Considerable progress was also made in Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Mozambique and Niger, where net enrolment ratios increased by more than 25 percentage points from 1999 to 2009. The abolition of school fees is considered an important driver of rapid progress in many of these countries. Inequality is thwarting progress towards the goal. Primary Education in Tanzania The pace of progress is insufficient.

7. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN TARGET 3: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015. Girls remain at a distinct disadvantage in sub-Saharan Africa

8. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY TARGET 4: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate. Child mortality rates are falling. But not quickly enough to meet the target. 1 in 8 children in sub-Saharan Africa die before their 5 th birthday. Diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia are responsible for more than half the deaths of children under five.

9. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH TARGET 5: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. Maternal Health Despite progress, pregnancy remains a major health risk for women in several regions. The MDG target is still far off. The presence of a trained health-care worker during delivery is crucial in reducing maternal deaths. A skilled health professional can administer interventions to prevent and manage life-threatening complications, such as heavy bleeding, or refer the patient to a higher level of care when needed. “Maternal mortality has nearly halved since 1990, but levels are far removed from the 2015 target”

10. COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES TARGET 6: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. Access to treatment for people living with HIV increased in all regions At the end of 2010, 6.5 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV or AIDS in developing regions. This total constitutes an increase of over 1.4 million people from December 2009, and the largest one-year increase ever. The 2010 target of universal access, however, was not reached. The world is on track to achieve the target of halting and beginning to reverse the spread of tuberculosis Globally, tuberculosis incidence rates have been falling since 2002, and current projections suggest that the 1990 death rate from the disease will be halved by 2015. Global malaria deaths have declined The estimated incidence of malaria has decreased globally, by 17 % since 2000. Over the same period, malaria-specific mortality rates have decreased by 25%. Reported malaria cases fell by more than 50% between 2000 and 2010 in 43 of the 99 countries with on-going malaria transmission.

11. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY Target 7: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa is not on track to meet the MDG drinking water target by 2015. Data from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (representing 84 per cent of the region’s population) shows that over 90% of the richest households benefit from improved sanitation. However, access in rural areas falls below 50% even among the wealthiest households. In the poorest rural areas, over 60% of households practice open defecation.

12. DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT TARGET 8: Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt. Bono on Debt The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that less than half the money promised to Africa at the 2005 Gleneagles G8 summit has been provided. The 2012 G20 meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico was more concerned with the Euro zone crisis than development. Development NGOs have strongly criticised world leaders for “taking their eye off the ball” as regards to the MDGs.

13. 2012 MDG REPORT CONCLUSIONS “Achieving the MDGs by 2015 is challenging but possible. Much depends on the fulfilment of MDG-8, the global partnership for development. The current economic crises besetting much of the developed world must not be allowed to decelerate or reverse the progress that has been made”. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon The views of NGOs seem to be shared by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. His concluding remarks to the 2012 MDG report are that the MDGs can be met, but the rich countries have to pay their share.