UN Millenium Development Goals

Purpose of Goal 1

• To reduce the level of poverty within develo:ping countries

• It is mainly development of strategies to promote employment opportunities, particularly for and young people.

• This would reduce in the number of people suffering from hunger.

Reasons of this goal have been included:

• It has an enormous impact on morbidity and mortality rates in developing countries.

• It can impact individuals:

• Not being able to purchase the quality of food needed to sustain life and not accessing health care to treat preventable illness.

Reasons of the importance of achieving global health and sustainable human development:

• People can lead to productive lives in according with their needs and interest.

• So people can prevent being poverty by providing them with employment opportunities.

• Also it is important to improve nutrition so health status can be improved within individual.

Main Targets areas:

Target 1: Halves between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than US$1 a day.

Target 2: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work at all, including women and young people.

Target 3: Halves, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

 

 

 

Area, which are mostly affected or who would most likely benefit:

• Sub-Saharan Africa would be mostly affected due to 58% of people living on less than $1.25 a day in 1990. But it has reduced by 7% in 2007. They would most likely to beneficial for them.

How to improve health and promote human development:

Physical Health:

• To improve ideal body weight

• To improve well-functioning body, system and organ

• To get more energy levels

• Prevent diseases

• Strong immune system

Social Health:

• To be able attract people

Mental Health:

• High Self esteem

• Low stress level

Human Development:

• Lead long and healthy life

• Access to the resource s needed for decent standard of living. (Such as housing and a reliable and water supply.