May 24, 2013

Whither now for the Millennium Development Goals?

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With just over three years left to run, and the body still breathing, the post-mortem on the Millennium Development Goals has begun.  Agreed at the UN Millennium Summit 2000, the goals (often referred to as the MDGs) were a global commitment to … [Read more...]

How guilty is the West in the missing millions of girls?

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Blogging last week about the impact of sex selective abortion in Asia, I speculated on the cultural and socio-economic factors that were leading families to use ultrasound and other in-utero screening technologies to identify girl children and have … [Read more...]

A surprisingly upbeat end to the UN high level meeting on AIDS promises renewed global action

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UN meetings and political declarations are often perceived as wordy and irrelevant. But every now and again these high level meetings do come up with statements that shape the actions of governments and aid agencies for years to come. The Millennium … [Read more...]