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What are the MDG’s?

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the world’s time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty, hunger and disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion-while promoting gender equality, education, and enviromental sustainablity. They are also the basic human rights-the rights of each person on the planet earth to health, education, shelter, and security.

These goals are:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger .
2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
4. Reduce child mortality.
5. Improve maternal health.
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
7. Ensure environmental sustainabilty.
8. Create a global partnership for development with targets for aid, trade and debt relief.