Millennium Development Goals

MDG 's primary goal was to achieve 8 tasks that fulfilled basic human rights (Chinedu, 2013). "The goals chosen were intended to increase an individual 's human capabilities and advance the means to a productive life" (Chinedu, 2013). Countries who did sign on, such as Nigeria, were symbolic in nature with no…

Corruption in the public sector which is generally defined as “the ill-usage of public office for private benefits” is a complex behaviour. At every stage of development, corruption appears to exist and exacerbate the conditions of economic progress and poverty (Chetwynd and Spector, 2003). The costs of corruption can be more significant particularly in countries with pre-existing negative pressure on economic growth as well as the recent political transition to democracy. In a corruption regime…

Worldwide Sanitation In this 21st century, access to fundamental sanitation stays as a test to pioneers notwithstanding headway in current science and innovation. It can 't be denied that numerous individuals living in specific locales of the world still practice open defecation. Around 2.5 billion individuals on the planet are still without access to enhanced sanitation and 75% of these individuals are living in provincial range. Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) Report 2012 focuses out that the…

focus on rural areas which lack water sanitation. Furthermore, BRAC has officially backed the Millennium Development Goals and has philosophies in accordance with the Reconstruction and Development Programme. By using a combination of national subsidies and BRAC funding, the international community will be able to apply the Reconstruction and Development Programme globally and meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing the amount of people without sanitized…

were to be achieved then we can be confident about lifting that one billion that are in poverty out by the year 2030 < www.weforum.org >. The challenges with assuring the second path is followed is the list of threats one can identify to reaching that goal, inequality has stood out as our major concern today. Rise in numbers for inequality mean growth largely by-passes those less fortunate. This has been a result in some countries of the wealthy world, including the US. The fall of…

Introduction The financing and organization of health care systems differ in different countries. This is for the reason that culture, politics, environment, health, and historical factors highly influence the development and the distribution of health services. Haiti is highly hampered by some of the worst health indicators in the world with the government and the health system facing several challenges, which has resulted in the lack of government capacity to address its numerous public…

Brazil and the countries associated with Latin America have successfully met the Millennium Development Goals of reducing the child mortality rate by a vast number. From 1990 to 2015, Latin America was able to decrease the child mortality rate by 69%; the number starting at 54 deaths per 1000 births to only 17 deaths per 1000 children born. This example shows Latin America was able to successfully decrease the number of child mortalities by a drastic number in fifteen years. They were able to…

How countries achieve development can be a contentious issue. According to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals established in September 2000, the five most important factors that lead to a country’s development are, in the following order: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, and improving maternal health. These goals, adopted by the international community, recognize…

I can still remember those words, ‘When you are a clinician, you are saving a life, but when you are a public health personnel, you are saving thousands of life at a time’, delivered by my professor at the orientation class of undergraduate community medicine course. That introductory speech was so motivating that I thought for a while, should I be in the ‘thousands life saver’ group? But that speech alone was not sufficient to grow my interest in public health. Day by day I was feeling the…

Reducing the amount of MDGs will put more focus on the ones that are most crucial to improving the future for girls and women. Thus, creating a better chance at achieving these goals within a reasonable time frame. The four main MDGs should include MDG 1: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, MDG 2: achieving universal primary education, MDG 3: promoting gender equality and empowering women, and lastly combining MDG 4, 5, and…