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Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 192 United
Nations member states and at least 23 international or organizations These eight time-bound goals
provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. They
include goals and targets on income poverty, hunger, maternal and child mortality, disease, inadequate
shelter, gender inequality, environmental degradation and the Global Partnership for Development.

Adopted by world leaders in the year 2000 and set to be achieved by 2015, the MDGs are both global
and local, tailored by each country to suit specific development needs. They provide a framework for the
entire international community to work together towards a common end ʹ making sure that human
development reaches everyone, everywhere. If these goals are achieved, world poverty will be cut by
half, tens of millions of lives will be saved, and billions more people will have the opportunity to benefit
from the global economy.

India have been positive trends on certain social indicators, particularly those that respond to vertical,
campaign-like approaches: the near eradication of polio; a significant increase in literacy rates; and the
enrollment of both boys and girls in primary school. However, progress has been slow in areas requiring
systemic changes, such as in the provision of good quality services (i.e. primary health care and
community-based nutrition services). There has also been limited change in the practice of key
behaviours related to child well-being, such as hand washing and exclusive breastfeeding. The HIV/AIDS
epidemic continues to spread and poses a significant threat. Issues related to child protection, including
trafficking and child labour, are becoming more pronounced. Repeated and extensive emergencies such
as the tsunami, flooding and earthquakes have also...




 


To Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG͛S) and Declaration were adopted by United Nation member
states in 2000. These have become a universal framework for development and a means for developing
countries and their development partners to work together in pursuit of a shared future for all. 2015 is
the target date for most goals to be achieved (UN, 2007). Progress has been made on all objectives to
date but much more is still left to do on all aspects, where an inclusive effort from everyone concerned
is necessary. Predictable or periodical investment flow and/or financial assistance accompanied by
technical support would go a long way to aid these goals achievability for the instance of strategies and
planning in particular. Many developing countries have recently starting substantially preparing such
strategies and plans, coinciding with the MDG͛s and need the appropriate backing and support to help
with the implementation of the MDG͛s which is pivotal to their realisation, before or at the target date