Full Coverage: MDGs

31.05.2007 US organisation Save the Children recently released its annual publication - State of the World’s Mothers Report. The report also highlights child mortality rates in developing countries including the Child Survival Progress Rankings of 60 countries, which together account for 94 per cent of all child deaths worldwide.

30.05.2007 Zyra e Bankës Botërore në Prishtinë ka shpallur të martën fituesit e programit të granteve të vogla për vitin 2007. Në mesin e 66 projekt-propozimeve, BB ka zgjedhur për financim katër prej tyre që kanë për bazë vetëdijesimin për rëndësinë e edukimit - me shumë të përgjithshme prej 35 mijë dollarë.

29.05.2007 JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (IPS) - About one million people in need of anti-retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS are yet to receive it in four southern African states, according to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a global nongovernmental organisation specialising in medical services.

29.05.2007 Girls in Rajasthan, India’s dry western state, lack the fruits of higher education. There is a strong need for a changeover in the attitude of people toward education of girls, feels Jaipur based activist Kalyan Singh Kothari.

29.05.2007 National Conference of Dalit Organisations (NACDOR) is organising a Panel Discussion on Millennium Development Goals and Dalits on May 30, 2007 at Conference Hall-II, India International Centre, Lodi Estate, Delhi, India.

29.05.2007 During the Global AIDS Week in India, ActionAid enabled a group of HIV-positive people to share their concerns with parliamentarians in Delhi. The MPs expressed their support for better testing facilities, trained staff and access to treatment and a promise to AIDS activists to bring up the issue in the coming Parliament session.

28.05.2007 Female health care volunteers are giving a new lease of life to mothers in Nepal. Child mortality rates have fallen enormously as similar community based approaches are gaining ground in health care.

28.05.2007 This article articulates the need for funders and aid donors to rework their polices on long-term commitments for supporting national plans on health and education as the services are not getting delivered properly.

25.05.2007 During the last two decades the urban slum population of India has increased drastically. According to estimates by the Town and Country Planning Organisation the number of urban slum-dwellers rose from 27.9 million in 1981 to 46.2 million in 1991 and
61.8 million in 2001.

25.05.2007 The HIV virus travels hundred times faster through blood than unsafe sex, say Mariette Correa and David Gisselquist, independent consultants involved in AIDS research and programming. The need is to make people aware of the dangers of non-sterile healthcare and focus policies on the ‘blood route’ to HIV infection.

25.05.2007 People gathered with candles burning in New Delhi, Sunday evening, to mark the start of the Global Aids Week. Eight other cities across the country would raise awareness through similar events as part of the global initiative to demand more resources to fight HIV/AIDS.

25.05.2007 A recent People’s Report of the UPA, India’s ruling alliance, claims the government has fallen short on its promises to the people. The report has been released by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, the Indian chapter of Global Call for Action Against Poverty.

23.05.2007 A unique road show screening films on ‘Girl Stars’ carries stories of success through rural India. Organised by UNICEF, the show will travel through three states – Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – where the gender gaps in education are glaring.

22.05.2007 In the wake of the October 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, UNICEF has constructed transitional shelters to help children continue learning and provide a safe learning environment.

21.05.2007 The Sahariya tribals in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh have defied caste rules by setting up their own school, with help of the UNICEF-backed Saarthi Foundation.

21.05.2007 The Sahariya tribals in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh have defied caste rules by setting up their own school, with help of the UNICEF-backed Saarthi Foundation.

21.05.2007 Shumaila is sitting for her school certificate exam this month. But that does not relieve her from daily chores that include tending to dozen or so head of cattle.

20.05.2007 Useat kansainväliset organisaatiot sopivat Afrikan tietoverkottamisesta Maailman informaatioyhteiskunnan päivänä, 17. toukokuuta. Taustalla on huoli vuosituhattavoitteiden saavuttamisesta. Connect Africa -ohjelmaan kuuluu kumppanuuksien solmimista sekä infrastruktuurin ja suotuisamman ilmapiirin luomista. Ohjelma laukaistaan käyntiin Ruandassa 29. lokakuuta.

18.05.2007 Katër komuna urbane të Kosovës, Vushtrria, Prizreni, Fushë Kosova dhe Klina, janë përfituese të një fondi prej 2 milionë eurosh që i ka ndarë Qeveria për kthim të qëndrueshëm të të shpërngulurve.

18.05.2007 Freelance journalist Ratna Bharali Talukdar, based in the north east Indian state of Assam, says that the midday meal scheme is an attraction for children in the primary schools in rural Assam. Even school headmasters agree with its impact in increasing attendance but also put forward several challenges in making the scheme work.