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On September 8th 2000 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a paper called the "United Nations Millennium Declaration".
The nations agreed on six fundamental principles that should lead the way of world development for the next centuries
(Freedom, Equality, Solidarity, Tolerance, Respect for nature, Shared responsibility).
Based on these principles the nations also agreed on detailed goals: The Millennium Development Goals (in short MDGs).
Three out of these eight goals directly aim for advancements in the people's healthiness:
Goal 4: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five
Goal 5: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio; Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
Goal 6: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS; Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it; Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
At least four out of the remaining five goals aim indirect for improved health care:
Goal 1: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day; Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people; Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Goal 2: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling
Goal 3: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
Goal 7: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources; Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss; Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation; Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020
Just one goal seems to have no connection to health in a broader sense:
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
In our "Topic of the Summer" July/August we are going to have a look at the relation between the MDGs and health in all its different aspects.
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PLoS Medicine - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Does Mental Health Play a Role?
PLoS Medicine is an open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. The authors question the complete absence of mental health from the MDGs and argue that addressing mental health problems is an integral part of health system interventions aimed at achieving some of the key MDGs.
This paper also features a reference list with links to other related online-publications.
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New “id21 insight”
Id21 tries as one of the IDS (Institute of Development) communication services to communicate the latest UK-sourced international development research to policymakers & practitioners
worldwide. “Id21 insight” offers a thematic overview of the latest research on different development issues. Every issue is 6 pages long and consists of 5-6 short articles.
A new “id21 insight” deals with the problem of financing PHC (Primary Health Care). Just one year after the Alma Ata Declaration defined “Primary Health Care” in 1978,
Walsh and Warren proposed “selective primary health care” in a sensational article. Instead of dreaming of idealistic and unrealistic PHC, the countries should concentrate
their insufficient funds on controlling a few selected infectious diseases (malaria, HIV/Aids…).
Ever since a discussion has been going on whether to centre efforts on a few selected interventions or strengthen the health system as a whole.
Further topics are the possible benefits of privatisation of health services, two country profiles (Malawi, Uganda) as well as some detailed examples (i.e. effective anti-malaria substances).
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Interview with Herwig Kollaritsch
We talk about health-related MDGs and about perspectives and possibilities in science and development cooperation.
Herwig Kollaritsch, MD,, Vienna Medical University, Department of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Pathomedicine. He is also scientific member of the Commission for Development Studies.
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IDS News: The UK Government has launched Achieving Universal Access - the UK's strategy for halting and reversing the spread of HIV/Aids in the developing world.
The strategy outlines the steps that the UK Government will take to halt the spread of the pandemic in developing countries, to provide treatment for HIV and associated illnesses for those living with HIV and to provide support and care to communities affected by the disease.
It is planned to spend £6 billion on strengthening health systems and services over seven years and it was announced that £200 million would be spent on social protection over the next 3 years.
Through the investment health systems should get stronger which is necessary to provide treatment services.
Women and girls are a group that are singled out for attention in the strategy in terms of overcoming gender inequity and in meeting their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Furthermore the strategy provides a strong prevention focus.
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Interview with Steven Kaddu
In this interview we also talk about health-related MDGs, the KEF-project "Tele- Dermatology and E-Learning" and about perspectives and possibilities in science and development cooperation.
Steven Kaddu, MD, is university lecturer at the Medical University Graz. He also manages the KEF-Project "Tele- Dermatology and E-Learning".
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For further information on this topic please see the webportal and Fact Sheet by KEF:
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at Dienstag, 30 August 2011 12:36
My hat is off to your astute cmomnad over this topic-bravo!
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