Module 12: Emerging Issues in Sociology of Population
  Lecture 40: Millennium Development Goals
 

 

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

The indicators are

  • HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years

  • Condom use at last high-risk sex

  • Proportion of population aged 15-24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS

  • Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14 years

Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

The indicator is:

  • Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs

Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

The indicators are:

  • Incidence and death rates associated with malaria

  • Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets

  • Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated with appropriate anti-malarial drugs

  • Incidence, prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis

  • Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment short course

The seventh goal aims at sustainable development, pollution control, improving water and sanitation facilities and reduction in proportion of urban population living in slums. Finally, the eighth goal aims at changing international terms of trade in favor of developing countries, debt relief, access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis, and improving information and communication facilities with the cooperation of private sector.