MDG is short for Millenium Development Goals. What are those you ask? They are eight goals that form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. These eight goals are;
These goals are to be completed by 2015.
- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger,
- Achieve Universal Primary Education,
- Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women,
- Reduce Child Mortality,
- Improve Maternal Health,
- Combat HIV/AIDS,
- Malaria and Other Diseases,
- Ensure Environmental Sustainability, and
- Global Partnership for Development.
These goals are to be completed by 2015.