TABLE 2.

Millennium Development Goals

1. Reduce extreme poverty and hunger by one half relative to 1990

2. Achieve universal primary education

3. Promote gender equality and empowerment of women

4. Reduce child mortality by two thirds relative to 1990

5. Improve maternal health, including reducing maternal mortality by three quarters relative to 1990

6. Prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

7. Ensure environmental sustainability

8. Develop a global partnership for development

Sachs JD, Mc Arthur JW. The Millennium Project: a plan for meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Lancet 2005;365:347-53.