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COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, AND OTHER DISEASES • Target 1: Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS • Target 2: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it • Target 3: Halt and reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases GOAL 7
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY • Target 1: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse the loss of environmental resources • Target 2: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving by 2010 a significant reduction in the rate of loss • Target 3: Halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation • Target 4: Improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020 GOAL 8
DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT • Target 1: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system • Target 2: Address special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries, and small island developing states • Target 3: Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt • Target 4: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries • Target 5: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications technologies As of 2010, Goal 5 is the one that most lags. While there has been progress, there are still 350,000 maternal deaths every year. Most of these deaths are preventable.
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