United Nations
Development Programme

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What are the Millennium Development Goals?

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) essentially embody the international commitments made at the United Nations World Summits and global conferences throughout the 1990s. They are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration which was adopted by 189 nations and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.

The 8 MDGs break down into 18 quantifiable targets that are measured by 48 indicators.
Click here for a full list of Goals, Targets and Indicators

• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
• Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
• Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
• Goal 5: Improve maternal health
• Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
• Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

The MDGs:

·         24.5 %of the Ugandan population lives below US$1.00 per person per day

·         20.4% of Ugandan children go to bed hungry

·         83.2 % of Ugandan children are enrolled in primary school

·         The average Ugandan woman spends 9 hours a day on care labor activities such as fetching water, firewood and caring for the sick.

·         13.7% of children die before their fifth birthday

·         7.6% of infants die before their first birthday

·         For every 100,000 new mothers, 435 die while giving birth

·         Only 41% of births are attended by skilled personnel

·         6.4% of the Ugandan population is infected with HIV/AIDS

·       74 % of Ugandan households have access to safe water today

»»Read more about MDG's in Uganda

• 2010 MDG Report
• 2007 Uganda Millennium Development Goals Progress Report

• 24.5 %of the Ugandan population lives below US$1.00 per person per day

• 20.4% of Ugandan children go to bed hungry
• 83.2 % of Ugandan children are enrolled in primary school
• The average Ugandan woman spends 9 hours a day on care labor activities such as fetching water, firewood and caring for the sick.
• 13.7% of children die before their fifth birthday
• 7.6% of infants die before their first birthday
• For every 100,000 new mothers, 435 die while giving birth
• Only 41% of births are attended by skilled personnel
• 6.4% of the Ugandan population is infected with HIV/AIDS
• 74 % of Ugandan households have access to  safe water today