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Like child mortality in many countries around Asia, maternal mortality rates remain staggeringly high, despite the global commitment of reducing maternal mortality ratios by three-quarters. With progress one-fifth of what it needs to be, ActionAid reports that maternal mortality is the Millennium Development Goal on which the least progress has been made.

If you’ve been involved in the discussion about poverty and international development in the past few years, you probably know the name Jeffrey Sachs.  Sachs is a development economist at Columbia University, advisor to the UN on the Millennium Development Goals, and author of the bestselling work, The

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) still has much work to do regarding HIV/AIDS among children and pregnant women. That was one of the lessons drawn from the recent WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF report on the state of HIV/AIDS interventions.

The World Bank has been working on what it calls a "Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development" (SFCCD). The Bank is concerned that developing countries and the poorest communities are likely to suffer earliest and the most" from global climate change.

Reservation has helped Dalits in southern states: Ramadoss August 22nd, 2008 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS - Email This Post New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Praising the better socio-economic profile of Dalits in southern Indian states, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Friday it was due to the social

ADB, World Bank to help improve Pacific infrastructure August 20th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS - Email This Post Manila, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday said it will cooperate with Australia, New Zealand and the World Bank to improve infrastructure in the Pacific Island countries.

‘Poop Is Funny, but It’s Fatal’ By Andrew C. Revkin A girl’s shadow is cast on the fabric wall of a pit latrine built with help from Unicef in the Karare camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. About 1,500 people live in the camp.

One participating finalist in the Guardian International Development Journalism Competition wrote a news story about the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entitled "Disability Rights: Missing an Open Goal?" The author, Jemma Nevilla, discusses the

The Anglican balancing act, in a church near you August 8th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Lambeth Conference | Interviews by Bess Twiston Davies, TimesonLine Leading churchmen reflect on what was, and was not, achieved by the recent Lambeth conferenceInterviews by Bess Twiston Davies

UN warning on India child health BBC News | Health | World Edition Tue, 08/05/2008 - 09:13 The world will fail to reach millennium development goals unless India improves healthcare for children, the UN says.