Millennium Development Goals for Health: Building Human Capabilities
Bulletin of the World Health Organization: The International Journal of Public Health 2004; 82(12): 951-952
2 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2014
Date Written: December 1, 2004
Abstract
In 2000, the world community adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a number of which are health-related (child and maternal mortality; HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; poverty; hunger; safe water; sanitation; and essential drugs), and began a process of global cooperation to achieve set targets within fifteen years. Since that time, there has been much discussion of current progress, future achievements and roadblocks to success. Virtually every international organization has weighed in on the debate.
Achieving the MDGs for health requires democratic systems that are inclusive an publicly accountable and that ensure free and independent media and civil society, transparent policy-making and separation of powers. At the international level, global actors and conventions can help establish better policies, laws and institutions and achieve consensus on global norms and ethics. It is thus imperative to establish a system of global governance that is inclusive, fair and transparent, one that offers opportunities for participation of all countries and individuals so the benefits of the global economy and technology -- especially technology for health -- are distributed more equitably and aid in securing fundamental freedoms for all.
Keywords: Millennium Development Goals, MDG, MDGs, health, global health, global governance
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