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Health And The UN

September 8 marked 15 years to the day since the United Nations adopted the millennium development goals (MDGs). Soon the world will adopt a new regime in global milestones...

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Sustainable Development

Harnessing The Data Revolution For Sustainable Development

On September 27, 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed to a set of Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) that define a common agenda to achieve inclus...

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Health

Reproductive Freedom For The World's Poorest Women

At the heart of maternal health and child survival is a healthy woman. Protecting every woman’s right to access family planning and reproductive-health services is cr...

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Sustainable Development

India Can Be More Influential & Successful Than It Is Today, Says Rajan

India can be far more successful and far more influential than it is today, according to Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Rajan said this while delive...

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Hollywood

Jennifer Lopez Named As Un Foundation Global Advocate For Girls And Women

Today, the United Nations Foundation announced Jennifer Lopez as the first-ever Global Advocate for Girls and Women at the UN Foundation. In this new ro...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Supports The Global Goals Campaign.

MUMBAI: Actor Akshay Kumar is the first Indian personality to get behind the #dizzygoals challenge in support of a campaign to make the new Global Goals for Sustainable Dev...

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Environment

Everything Is Connected

Once, when I was Prime Minister of Norway, I had an intense exchange with an opposition leader during "question time" in Parliament. In response, I exclaimed: "Yes, all is ...

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Health

Why It's Crucial To Engage Men In Maternal Health

Later this month, the world’s 193 nations will formally endorse an ambitious set of sustainable development goals (SDG) aimed primarily at ending global poverty, symb...

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Health

India Fixes Health Goals For Next 15 Years

India has set itself a challenging target to reduce maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1000 live births, and for neonatal and under-five to 12 and 25 per 1,000 births respec...

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Sustainable Development

For Students With A Mission: A Little Capital Goes A Long Way.

Rose Wang wants you to eat bugs. Two billion people in the world already do. Her new company, Six Foods — so named because six legs are better than four — sells...

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