Millennium Development Goals: progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals
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Fact sheet commissionned by the World Health Organization on the progress of health-related Millennium Development Goals
Key Facts
- Fewer children are dying. Annual global deaths of children under five years of age fell to 8.1 million in 2009 from 12.4 million in 1990.
- Fewer children are underweight. The percentage of underweight children under five years old is estimated to have dropped from 25% in 1990 to 16% in 2010.
- More women get skilled help during childbirth. The proportion of births attended by a skilled health worker has increased globally, however, in the WHO Africa and South-East Asia regions fewer than 50% of all births were attended.
- Fewer people are contracting HIV. New HIV infections have declined by 17% globally from 2001–2009.
- Tuberculosis treatment is more successful. Existing cases of TB are declining, along with deaths among HIV-negative TB cases.
- More people have safe drinking-water, but not enough have toilets. The world is on track to achieve the MDG target on access to safe drinking-water but more needs to be done to achieve the sanitation target.
See also
References
World's Health Organization.Fact sheet N°290. May 2011. Millennium Development Goals: progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals.http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs290/en/.
