Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Target
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS
Health indicators
- HIV prevalence among pregnant women aged 15-24 years
- Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate
- Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14 years
Target
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
Health indicators
- Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
- Proportion of population in malaria-risk areas using effective malaria prevention and treatment measures
- Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
- Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course)
Recommended reading
- Health and the millennium development goals
- ( World Health Organization , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that if trends established in the 1990s continue, the majority of developing countries will not achieve the health Millennium Development G...
- Financial factors affecting slow progress in reaching agreed targets on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa
- ( C. Atim / African Union , 2006)
- This paper, written for the Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in May 2006, assesses the financial factors affecting the slow progress in reaching agreed health targ...
- Proposed draft roadmap to intensify action to reach the TB MDGs in Africa: 2005-2007
- ( Stop TB Partnership , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- This document, prepared by the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership, outlines proposals for mobilising action to meet the tuberculosis Millennium Development Goals (TB MDGs) in Africa. It pro...
- Partners in impact: results report
- ( The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria , 2007)
- This report presents the results, progress and challenges of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). The report highlights key achievements: Global Fund supported progra...
- The Millennium Development Goals for health: rising to the challenges
- ( A. Wagstaff; M. Claeson / World Bank , 2004)
- This World Bank report focuses on the health and nutrition Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), assessing the progress to date and prospects for achieving these goals. The first part of the report fi...
