Sustainable development goals face $2.5 trillion funding shortfall

UN report says climate, poverty and health targets will require huge cash injection from private sector The UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) will fail unless...

Nigeria, others contribute 60% to global maternal deaths

Nigeria and nine other countries contribute about 60 per cent of the global maternal mortality burden, the World Health Organization has said. Media Officer, Development Co...

Access to safe water, sanitation has improved, says WHO-UNICEF report

Some 2.5 billion people still use unimproved sanitation facilities; can the world achieve MDG target by 2015? The latest global status report on access to drinking water an...

Access to safe water and sanitation has improved, says WHO-UNICEF report

The latest global status report on access to drinking water and sanitation shows a jump in the number of people who now avail basic civic facilities. But at the same time, ...

India sees decline in maternal and child deaths

Two-thirds of the global decline in child deaths since 2000 occurred in just nine countries – India, China, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Afghani...

Engaging the private sector in the global war against malaria

The past decade has seen unprecedented progress against many of the world’s leading global health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Thanks to ...

Forget development goals. Focus on community empowerment

Five things we must do if we are serious about sustainable development

Instead of sustainable development goals that seek community participation, climate adaptatio...

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CRITICAL ‘WATCHDOG’ ROLE OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS IN NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twenty-first International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secret...

A Healthier Global Health Agenda

LONDON – On September 25, world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path to a new set of Sustainable Development Goals...