The UNMDGs were set up 15 years ago with 8 goals that were to be achieved by December 31st . Today, we see massive progress. This piece of writing will assess to what extent these MDGs have been successful in Africa only.
The first millennium goal is/was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The UN members agreed to reduce half the number of people who live under one dollar a day. Doing so, this would also reduce the number who live in hunger. Under the same goal was to guarantee stable employment and eventually for the work force to be active.
In general, the proportion of people living on less than one dollar twenty five cents has impressively decreased worldwide by 600 million. Poverty has reduced from 47% to 24% despite the population increase. In Africa, despite the several food and fuel crises the poverty rates have continued to decline from 56.5% to 48.5% . Poverty has dropped significantly faster in the last 8 years however it still remains an issue due to
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Africa has the worlds biggest share of maternal deaths with over 50% in the year 2010. Equatorial Guinea has achieved Goal 5, with an 81 per cent reduction in the maternal mortality ratio since 1990, and Eritrea and Egypt are both on track (WHO) In Southern Africa however, the rate continues to rise most likely due to HIV/AIDS v=The sixth goal is to combat Malaria, HIV/Aids and Other diseases. The spread if hiv is to be halted as well as malaria and other major diseases. More than 1.4 million people have received treatment per year, this has prevented approximately 2.5 million deaths. 200,000 deaths from malaria have been prevented each year where the disease is endemic. Three countries have in Africa have attained universal access to therapy showing hope. Southern Africa of course still shows no progress. The burden of malaria is still big accounting for more than 81% of all