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Maternal Mortality On A Decline, But Challenges Remain

The number of women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks after birth has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, say United Nations agencies, including the...

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Measuring The Millennium Development Goals: Cutting Maternal Deaths

Becoming a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is more dangerous than climbing Mount Everest. In Chad, the odds of dying during pregnancy or childbirth are one in 15; in Sierra Le...

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World Bank Warns Climate Change Could Add 100 Mln Poor By 2030

Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the Wor...

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Overcoming Culture: Can India Eliminate Gender Violence?

Just over a month ago on September 25th, the 193 member countries of the United Nations voted on and approved the new 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the hop...

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What Works And What’s Missing In The New Global Goals

At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September, the U.N. officially launched the new global Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals and 169 associa...

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What Works And What's Missing In The New Global Goals

At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September, the U.N. officially launched the new global Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals and 169 associa...

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Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

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Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

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Tuberculosis Ranks Alongside HIV As Leading Killer Worldwide: WHO Report

In 2014, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.5 million people, 400,000 of whom were HIV-positive, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, ranking the disease alongsid...

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India Can Guide Africa In Capacity Building For Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

The current development agenda is driven by five transformative shifts: to leave no one behind; to put sustainable development at the core; to transform economies for jobs ...

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