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Millennium Development Goals(MDGs)
ByDr O.M.Ebuehi
 
Situation Analysis
•Slow growth arising from political & economic instability in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s, has made the region, the largest withpeople living below $1 a day.•HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death, but malaria andtuberculosis are also serious problems. These epidemics present amajor public health, economic and social challenge.•Reduced life expectancy from 50 to 46 years. The main reason for its declining life expectancy is the high infant mortality rate, 103 per 1,000 live births, with HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of deaths.•Lowest average primary school completion rates.•Poor infrastructural development: 13%of roads are paved, and lessthan 3 percent of the population have access portable water andgood housing
 
Situation Analysis (cntd)
More than 1.2 billion people or about 20percent of world population live on less thatUS $1 per day
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The UNDP in its 1998 report documentedthat
 
the three richest people in the worldhave assets that exceed the combinedGross Domestic Product (GDP) of the 48least developed countries.
 
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