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Nigeria:
MDGs - FG Looks Beyond 2015
Daily Trust, 9 May 2012
As the global community continues the debate on what should be the next step in post 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
UN Sets Up Task Team On Post 2015
This Day, 6 May 2012
Declaring open a National Workshop on the Media and the Acceleration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Muffuh added that the 2011 annual… Read more »
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Africa:
Liberian President Appointed to UN Panel
SciDev.Net, 11 May 2012
The presidents of Indonesia and Liberia - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - and the prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, are to co-chair a UN… Read more »
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Africa:
Child Survival Up, but Not Enough
UNIRIN, 11 May 2012
Global mortality among children younger than five years declined by 26 percent between 2000 and 2010 - meaning that the lives of some two million children were saved - but this is… Read more »
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Africa:
Appeal for Private Sector to Help Meet Development Goals
IPS, 5 May 2012
African countries need more support from the private sector in order to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015, which include important development targets… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cardiovascular Disease Is Big Threat to MDGs - Akinroye
Vanguard, 8 May 2012
Cardiovascular disease, CVD, is the number one cause of death globally, claiming 17.3 million lives each year. and Nigeria is having its fair share. Chioma Obinna spoke to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Achieving MDGs Through Solid Minerals Development
Leadership, 9 May 2012
With less than three years to the 2015 date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it remains a fact the goal of the MDGs to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,… Read more »
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Ghana:
Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough
IPS, 10 May 2012
Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal… Read more »
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Africa:
Continent's Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women
IPS, 9 May 2012
The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve… Read more »
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Uganda:
One Million More Citizens Out of Poverty
New Vision, 10 May 2012
About one million Ugandans (6.6%) moved out of the absolute poverty bracket (living beyond $1.25 a day) between 2006 and 2010 as a result of the diversified economic activities, a… Read more »