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| Question | Answer |
| Purpose of Goal 1 | - Reduce the level of poverty within developing countries through the development of strategies to promote employment opportunities. - With greater employment and income, it is expected that there will be a reduction in the number of people suffering from hunger. |
| Reasons why Goal 1 is important | Poverty has an enormous impact on morbidity and mortality rates in developing countries. |
| Poverty impacts : | - Being able to purchase the quantity of nutritious food needed to sustain life. - Being able to access the required health care to treat preventable illnesses. - Being able to afford shelter to protect families from danger and extreme environmental conditions. |
| Goal 1, Target 1 | Halve, between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people whose income is less than US$ 1:25 a day. |
| Goal 1, Target 2 | Achieve full and productive employment for all, including women and young people. |
| Goal 1, Target 3 | Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. |
| Goal 1 | Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. |
| Goal 2 | Achieve universal primary education. |
| Reasons why Goal 2 is important | - Education promotes literacy -> greater employment prospects -> increased income -> greater access to nutritious food, shelter and health care. - higher literacy rates -> more economic growth -> increased capacity of countries to assist those in need. |
| Purpose of Goal 2 | Purpose ALL boy and girls in developing countries with access to primary schooling to improve literacy and numeracy skills. -> skills and knowledge to engage in health promoting behaviours. MUST STATE - FULL COURSE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION |
| Goal 2, Target 1 | Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. |
| Goal 3 | Promote gender equality and empower women. |
| Purpose of Goal 3 | - Raise SES of women in developing countries through ensuring that females have equal access to education. - Empower women by increasing opportunities for involvement in decision-making processes that affect their life. |
| Reasons why Goal 3 is important | - Females are generally less likely than males to have access to education. - Numeracy and Literacy skills can help women develop personal businesses. - Education EMPOWERS women -> higher paid employment, less likely to work in jobs that impact their health negatively. |
| Goal 3, Target 1 | Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education by no later than 2015. |
| Goal 4 | Reduce child mortality. |
| Purpose of Goal 4 | - Reduce the number of deaths of children under the age of five. - (REDUCE THE U5MR) |
| Reasons why Goal 4 is important | - Some of the most deadly causes of diseases can be vaccinated against. - Children often die from preventable diseases. - CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD'S SOCIETY AND ECONOMY. |
| Goal 4, Target 1 | Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate. |
| Goal 5 | Improve maternal health. |
| Purpose of Goal 5 | - Reduce the number of deaths of women as a result of pregnancy and child birth, and increase access to reproductive services. - Provide women with appropriate information and health care to promote health prior to, during and following childbirth. |
| Reasons why Goal 5 is important | - Maternal mortality rates are high in developing countries. - If mothers are in good health, they can take better care of their families. |
| Goal 5, Target 1 | Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. |
| Goal 5, Target 2 | Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health. |
| Goal 6 | Combat HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases |
| Reasons why Goal 6 is important | - HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases such as TB are largely preventable, and contribute significantly to the global burden of disease. - Prevention of HIV will also significantly reduce the number of AIDs ORPHANS is vaccine preventable and can be treated with antibiotics. |
| Goal 6, Target 1 | Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDs. |
| Goal 6,Target 2 | Achieve by 2010 universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDs for those who need it. |
| Goal 6,Target 3 | Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. |
| Goal 7 | Ensure environmental sustainability. |
| Purpose of Goal 7 | - Maintain the qualities of the physical environment that are considered important for HHD to ensure that they are sustainable for future generations. - Improve the lives of those living in slums. - Reduce biodiversity loss, ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation which are important for promoting HHD |
| Reasons why Goal 7 is important | - Environmental sustainability -> reducing biodiversity loss. This ensures that resources, such as food from plants and animals continue to be available. - When forests are destroyed, rivers are polluted and food becomes scarce, it is usually the poorest people who are most affected. |
| Goal 7, Target 1 | Integrate principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources. |
| Goal 7,Target 2 | Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss. |
| Goal 7,Target 3 | Halve by 2015 the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. |
| Goal 7,Target 4 | By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. |
| Goal 8 | Develop a global partnership for development. |
| Purpose of Goal 8 | - Address the needs of the least developed countries through the provision of ODA. - Provide affordable medications and increase access of information and communications technology. - Reduce debt of developing countries. |
| Reasons why Goal 8 is important | - Through global partnerships, developed countries are able to assist developing countries to improve living standards -> reduction of of mortality & morbidity. - ICT assists individuals to further develop their business and promotes trade. |
| Goal 8, Target 1 | Address the special needs of the least developed countries, land-locked countries and small island developing states. |
| Goal 8, Target 2 | Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system. |
| Goal 8, Target 3 | Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt. |
| Goal 8, Target 4 | In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries. |
| Goal 8, Target 5 | In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications. |
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