Poverty and Hunger

Millennium Developmental Goals

for 2015

2015 Millennium Goals

End Poverty and World Hunger

Achieve Universal PrimaryEducation

Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Reduce Child Mortality

Improve Maternal Health

Combat HIV/AIDS , Malaria and other diseases

Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Develop a Global PartnershipFor Development

Poverty and HungerReduce by half, the proportion of people living

on less than a dollar a day Reduce by half, the proportion of people who

suffer from hunger.

ProblemThe progress for reducing hunger is being prevented by increases in food costEscalating prices are driven by:Changing dietsIncrease in world populationEconomic growthUse of food crops for biofuel

The poor are the most affected, especially children

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Proportion of Children Under age Five who are Un-derweight

19902006

Percentage

ResultMalnourished children under the age of five

declined from 33% in 1990 to 26% in 2006

What Can You Do?

ReferencesUnited Nations. (2008). The millennium development goals report 2008. Retrieved on March 10,

2010 from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/poverty.shtml

World Health Organization . (2010). Malnutrition. Retrieved on March 10, 2010 from http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/malnutrition/en/

Karen Hardin, B.S. RD

Dietician

Hazel Forsythe, Ph.D. RD

Associate Professor

Margaret Cook-Newell, Ph.D. RD

Lecturer

March, 2010

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