...reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, develop a global partnership for development are the eight goals developed by the members of UN (World Health Organization [WHO], 2012). The purpose of this paper is to give an overview about Millennium Development Goal 6 which is, Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases. Implication for Millennium Development Goals The eight Millennium Development Goals are a global agenda to improve the wellbeing of people around the world. The progress report on MDG issued in 2009, shows that policies and actions backed by adequate funding and strong political commitment can yield results. Death rate due to AIDS, have significantly reduced and many countries are implementing strategies to combat malaria and measles. There are many challenges still remaining due to the current economic status of several countries (Mattson, 2010) Millennium Development Goal 6: combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB are major challenges of public health in the poorest countries of the world. Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa is dying due to Malaria. Many children who suffer from Malaria develop learning disabilities or brain damage ("End Poverty 2015 Millennium Campaign," n.d). Millennium Development Goal 6 which is, combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases is interrelated with several other goals, such as the promotion of gender equality...
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...People and Organizations NICK VUJICCI - “ NEVER GIVE UP” Nick Vujicic is a very unusual man, inside and out. With no arms and no legs, you shall think that he would give up all his life chances.Huge physical hurdle, he is making a difference across the globe, challenging us to make the most of our lives. Nick was seen as a symbol of faith - love – willpower. Nick is almost nothing but a trait that his misfortune than other disabled people. Other disabled people may not have arms or legs, But Nick do not have both feet and hands, even as he born, everyone agreed that he was the "mistake" of the Creator. But this helps him easily identifiable, which makes him famous as he makes easily simple things of a normal human. And he do it better as swimming, tennis.. Any person with a disability to do normal things must also be durable, like Nguyen Ngoc Ky writing by foot, Nguyen Cong Hung is hemiplegia but study ... All are successful and domestic media mentions. And Nick, Not only he like them but also different in that he build actively own brands. When he was 19 years old, he had to knock on the doors of more than 50 schools for permission to lecture, but were denied. Later became famous, he went to different countries to inspire worldwide. Nick wrote books, founded a nonprofit organization “Life Without Limbs” Despite Nguyen Ngoc Ky being mentioned much press, the interaction with teachers via social networks is difficult, as his speeches are posted on most television...
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...Prior to the implementation of the Global Fund, eradication programs and funding for diseases like AIDS, TB, and malaria were inadequate and incapable to meet the pressing needs of global health. With an annual death toll of 6 million people, these three diseases contributed to the highest mortality rates for developing countries by the end of the 1990’s. As an effort to combat the spread of disease, UNAIDS, WHO foundation, and donor countries relied on major support systems of bilateral aid agencies and development banks to disperse funds to governments. But the dispersion of funds was too slow and the “old model” did not enable enough country ownership to even be effective. Due to inappropriate political support and mismanagement of funds, recipient countries like Zimbabwe had high prevalences of HIV ( Zimbabwe 25% of population). The “old model” of funding also largely ignored the fragile states that had ineffective governments and were structurally unable to adequately implement programs. This stagnated the global progress in eradication, since the highest burden of AIDs, TB, and malaria reside in the poorer populations of these states (90%). At the end of the 1990s, global leaders of the G8 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Russia) recognized these inadequacies and developed the Monterrey Consensus. It argued that international stakeholders and donor countries must increase funding by contributing at least .7 percent...
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...hospitals and medical colleges. ICDDR’B etc. The government of Bangladesh has shown policy continuity and commitment to improving health conditions, placing particular emphasis on improving the health conditions of its citizens and targeting the poor, women and children. Where as many of the problems still remains unsolved. The ministry of health and family planning is responsible for the health service of the country should take necessary steps to solve those problems. Objective: The main objective of this whole research is to evaluate the health condition of Bangladesh. From 1971 to 2013 health condition of Bangladesh has radically changed. We are here to present that the number of health centers, hospitals, medicals colleges and other institutions related to health development of our country. We have also seen numerous amount of development in since 1971 regarding heath. Inspire of those development we still face a lot of challenges. It is our failure that we still have numerous problem related to health. We are here to focus our objective of our research paper is to show the number of institutions engaged in the health service of our country, mortality rate, development of pharmaceuticals, number of doctors present in our...
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...The Millennium Development Goals consist of 8 goals which were established after the Millennium Summit in 2000 organized by United Nations. The 189 UN member nations (there are 193 currently) who adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, agreed to achieve these goals by 2015 along with several international organizations committed to development. These goals are: 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. To achieve universal primary education 3. To promote gender equality and empower women 4. To reduce child mortality 5. To improve maternal health 6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. To ensure environmental sustainability 8. To develop a global partnership for development These goals have specific targets made up of several health and economic indicators. Indicators measure the development in developing countries; check the success of those rich countries which help fund development programs, and provide a yardstick for the 23 international organizations committed towards implementation of the MDGs. The current MDG framework (2007) is the revised version which came after a review done by the UN-Secretary General who added four new targets to the previous framework of 2003. The base year however, remained 1990. PAKISTAN’S MDG PROGRESS (Planning Commision, 2013) Pakistan, being a member of UN has had the opportunity to develop under the UN programs and goals. The MDGs sets in 1990 are no exception. Pakistan has...
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...programmes. Introduce libraries and career guidance programs in townships and rural areas to encourage a culture of reading and among learners and their families. Target 2: Reopen teacher training colleges since development of teachers and gives a sense of pride among teachers and teaching in general. Target 3: Technology can help to fill the gap where skilled teachers are not available, or where big learner numbers make it impossible for teachers to provide individual guidance. Goal 3: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases. Target 1: Promoting safer sexual behavior, male circumcision, and providing treatment for HIV prevention. Target 2: Promoting use of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets to combat malaria. Target 3: Educate the citizens of South Africa on the consequences of HIV/AIDS on a person. Try to create more awareness about this disease in our schools. Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality. Target 1: Strengthening the healthcare system to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV as well as the provision of life-long nutrition and antiretroviral therapy are key to reducing many deaths among children....
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...Millennium development Goal Progress report of Bangladesh Millennium development goals are the 8 international development goals that are established by the United Nation in 1998 for developing countries. All 189 United Nations member states at the time (there are 193 currently), and at least 23 international organizations, committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Millennium development goals are: 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. To achieve universal primary education 3. To promote gender equality and empower women 4. To reduce child mortality 5. To improve maternal health 6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. To ensure environmental sustainability 8. To develop a global partnership for development Now in 2016 if we analysis the Govt. progress report of Bangladesh we can see that Bangladesh had great achievements in these fields: * Reducing extreme poverty * Reducing prevalent of underweight children under 5 years * Reducing under five child mortality * Increasing enrolment in primary school * Increased ration of girls to boys in primary and secondary education * Improved maternal health Analysis of Bangladesh’s achievement in all eight goals of Millennium Development Program: Goal 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Bangladesh has made a praiseworthy progress in eradicating poverty and hunger. GDP growth rate of 6% and above has played...
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...period life expectancy in the Tropics increased by 22.8 years to 64.4 years and infant mortality reduced by 36%. The rate of change of mortality and morbidity has increased over the last two decades influenced by a range of different factors. Underlying life expectancy data are aggregated data, collected by the WHO to document the changing patterns of mortality. Table E3.1 provides the top ten causes of mortality in rank order over the last decade. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for two-thirds of global deaths in 2011 and infectious diseases for one-third. In 2000 the relative proportions were 60% NCDs and 40% infectious diseases. This rapid shift reflects the massive scale up in recent efforts to prevent and treat a number of major infectious diseases. Although improvements in maternal and child mortality have been made these still remain unacceptably high. In 2011, 6.9 million children under the age of five died, 99% of these in low and middle income countries. Malaria, despite the enormous scale up in control activities still accounted for 14% of the under-five mortality in the Tropics. There are differences in the age at which mortality occurs stratified by income. In high income countries 70% of deaths occur in the over 70s and only one in 100 occurs in an individual under 15 years of age. In low income countries 40% of deaths occur in individuals under 15 years and 20% in those over 70. The...
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...prevent or contain diseases. Epidemiology estimates have changed over time related to changes in the definition and diagnosis of diseases. Epidemiology is practiced as a broad scientific discipline that addresses occurrences of diseases and distribution of health status of populations. Integration of casual concepts at the clinical, social and environmental levels will allow faculty to work to maintain an intellectual environment that will facilitate the integration of biological, social and, analytical approaches of epidemiology. This type of environment allows faculty and students to develop the knowledge to fully appreciate the complexities of biosocial system to understand, modify, and use this information to maximum potential. The focus of this paper will be on immigrant/migrants as a vulnerable population with emphasis on infectious disease a major health concern. The paper will define epidemiology and identify steps and methods of the type of epidemiology and examines relationships of illnesses and education related to infectious diseases. Epidemiology defined Stanhope & Lancaster (2008) defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determination of health- related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control health problems.” Epidemiology originated from the Greek words (epi) meaning upon, (demos) meaning people and (logos) meaning thought. Epidemiology was the study of infectious diseases visited upon mankind...
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...primary education Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5 Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women 9. Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education 10. Ratio of literate females to males of 15-24 year-olds 11. Share of women in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector 12. Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Target 5: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate 13. Under-five mortality rate 14. Infant mortality rate 15. Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles 16. Maternal mortality ratio 17. Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 18. HIV prevalence among 15-24 year old pregnant women b 19. Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate c...
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...a relatively new country and it is no surprise that they are currently experiencing growing pains. Because of these growing pains it has resulted in a domino like effect, influencing all facets of the nation. A clearer picture one should paint of the country of Ghana is a nation divided between modern and old, rich and poverty stricken, Westerners and natives. These demographics are essential in the dividing of the country for the issues it faces today are complex and need a well planned all reaching solution to curb the current trends in Ghana today. With that being said, Ghana is a country in the process of modernizing their current platforms/infrastructure but with this growth still come a variety of healthcare issues and diseases such as HIV and Malaria that need attention if this trends are to be curbed. Before one can delve further into the current health issues plaguing the nation of Ghana it is imperative to have a working knowledge on the nation’s history that can be seen as the underlying causes for the problems today. It can be argued that the Europeans colonization of Ghana is what kicked off their health problems. In 1471 the Portuguese were the first to arrive on Ghana’s coast (Andreas, 2011). Just like in the present day when a person has to get a vaccine in order to leave the country for the...
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...Economic Commission for Africa The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges Economic Commission for Africa The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges August 2005 © 2005. Economic Commission for Africa Material from this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgment is requested, together with a copy of the publication. The views expressed are those of the original authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Project coordinator: Adrian Gauci Editorial coordination: Cristina Müller Team: Abebe Shimeles, Workie Mitiku, Vanessa Steinmayer, Reto Thoenen This report was produced with guidance and input from Augustin Fosu, Director of the Economic and Social Policy Division of the ECA. It benefited greatly from the revisions of Bartholomew Armah and Kwabia Boateng. Special thanks to Lorna Davidson for the final editing, to Akwe Amosu for her valuable input, and to Seifu Dagnachew and Teshome Yohannes for creative and efficient lay-out and production. The report was designed by the ECA Communication Team and printed by the Documents Reproduction and Distribution Unit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo credits (left to right): Front cover- R. Zurba/USAID, J. Dunlop/USAID, R. Zurba/USAID, M. Crozet/ILO. Back cover- J. Maillard/ILO, T. Brunette/USAID, I. Getachew/UNICEF. Table of Contents Acronyms .....................................................................
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...from Asia and three from Africa. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receiving the UN MDG Award in New York’s Astoria Hotel on Sunday 19 September 2010 Bangladesh received the UN award for its remarkable achievements in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly in reducing child mortality. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the award at a colorful function at New York's Astoria Hotel on Sunday (19 September 2010). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with other Ministers in a photo session following receipt of UN MDG Award 2010 (19 September 2010, New York) 1 | MDGs and Bangladesh In September 2000, world leaders endorsed the Millennium Declaration, a commitment to work together to build a safer, more prosperous and equitable world. The Declaration was translated into a roadmap setting out eight time-bound and measurable goals to be reached by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): They include goals and targets on poverty, hunger, maternal and child mortality, disease, inadequate shelter, gender inequality, environmental degradation and the Global Partnership for Development. The proud Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh Professor Dr AFM Ruhal Haque, MP with the UN MDG Award Crest in hand following the ceremony. New York, 19 September 2010 List of countries which received UN MDG Awards in 2010 Country Progress made for MDGs Bangladesh MDG4 Nepal MDG5 Cambodia MDG6 Sierra Leone MDG6 Liberia MDG3 Rwanda MDG4 & 5 Nepal...
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...The discussion will focus on patient satisfaction as an aspect of quality and how it influences quality of care provided from a District healthcare manager’s perspective, analyse factors that influence patient satisfaction, how the MDGs aim to improve the quality of care provided to patients by exposing the gaps between healthcare management perceptions of service quality and how the service is actually being delivered to the consumers. Social constructionism in healthcare In social constructionism it is important to look at social settings and human way of life when focusing on healthcare in different cultures and societies. Class and social stratification can have profound implications for the way we experience health and illness and other life opportunities and expectations. Social structures (like class, religion, gender or law) didn’t suddenly appear fully formed as we know them now, they developed over time, through discourses and continue to move on, formed by economic, political, moral, environmental, social and technological changes. Such changes profoundly affect expectations in health...
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...Health Inquiry, Global Health Inequities Introduction: The Millennium Development Goals (or MDG) are a set of 8 goals set by the world’s nations in hope of reducing poverty by 2015. These 8 goals address poverty, education, equality, disease and the environment. Each goal has a targets and indicators we are aiming to achieve by 2015. The purpose of this report is to report on the history, objectives and constitution of the MDG’s and the success and effectiveness of the MDGs. History of MDGs: In the 1990’s the United Nation (UN) member states went through a historically extraordinary UN press conference process. This conference was aimed at building consensus on development priorities for the 21st century. However, at the end of the 1990’s the governments of the conference experienced conference fatigue and feared the process launched by the conferences was losing steam. In September 2000 in New York there was a large gathering of world leaders called the Millennium Summit. This was the largest gathering of world leaders in history including 189 UN member-states. At the Millennium Summit the United Nation Millennium Declaration was adopted as a result of a series of global conferences held during the 1990’s. The UN saw the Millennium Summit as an opportunity to bring back the development of priorities for the 21st century. It was at this Millennium Summit that the Millennium Declaration set in motion a global partnership and was signed by 147 heads of states....
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