[EQ] Millennium Development Goals in the WHO European Region

Millennium Development Goals in the WHO European Region:
A situational analysis at the eve of the five-year countdown.

Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2010

Available onile at: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E93723.pdf

 

“All MDGs affect health, and health affects all MDGs. Thus, this report looks at all MDGs, applying a public health approach that includes health determinants. Delays and/or inequities in progress towards all MDG targets endanger health and well-being. In all sectors, development efforts must reach those in need across the social gradient, with proportionate attention to the most vulnerable populations.”

 

“Strong health systems are crucial for maintaining and scaling up progress towards the MDGs on health. Achievement of health targets depends on equitable access to a health system that delivers high-quality services, including the stewardship of cooperation with other sectors and at cross-government levels to address the determinants of health and health inequities. “

CONTENTS

 

Abbreviations

 

Foreword

 

Introduction and overview

Ø       MDGs on health

Ø       MDGs addressing key determinants of health

 

Part I. MDGs on health

Ø       MDG 4 – Reduce child mortality

Ø       MDG 5 – Improve maternal health

Ø       MDG 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases [including TB]

 

Part II. MDGs on key determinants of health

Ø       MDG 1 – Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Ø       MDG 2 – Achieve universal primary education

Ø       MDG 3 – Promote gender equality and empower women

Ø       MDG 7 – Ensure environmental responsibility

Ø       MDG 8 – Develop a global partnership for development

 

Conclusions

 

References

 

Annex 1. Examples of actions needed to progress towards the MDGs, by health system function

 

Annex 2. Selected relevant web sites of the WHO Regional Office for Europe

 

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