To cite: Chopra M, Mason E. Arch Dis Child 2015;100(Suppl 1):s2–s4. INTRODUCTION The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) arose from one of the largest ever gathering of world leaders in New York in September 2000. Collectively, 189 countries adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which evolved into the MDG. These ambitious targets—ranging from halving extreme poverty and reducing mat...

In September 2015, heads of state gathered at the UN general Assembly to adopt a new global development agenda, commonly referred to as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Earlier in July 2015, Ministers of finance had met to agree on the means for financing this new development agenda which replaces the Millennium Development Goals that reflected the development priorities between 2000 a...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have had a profound influence on the way the world understands and grapples with development issues. Initially formulated as a means of monitoring progress towards the goals and targets of a series of UN conferences, the MDGs, and their associated targets and indicators have morphed into interventions in their own right, shaping the meaning of development...

This year marks a pivotal moment in international efforts to fight extreme poverty. During the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit in 2000, 147 heads of state gathered and adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, panel 1) to address extreme poverty in its many dimensions—income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion—while promoting education, gender equality,...

The Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, set a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as priorities for UN member countries, committing governments to realising eight major MDGs and 18 associated targets by 2015. Progress towards these goals is being assessed by tracking a series of 48 technical indicators that have since been unanimously adopted by experts...