UNIT 7 LESSON 1: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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In this lesson, you should be able to:

• identify the different millennium development goals;

• demonstrate an understanding of the millennium development goals; and

• describe the millennium development goals.

1. ​Did you see some health-related news on TV or heard over the radio?​

2. What are the most common diseases you read/watched on the news?

3. ​As a Filipino citizen, what can you contribute to the country to minimize the risks of getting infected by the spreading diseases?​

The year 2000 was the millennium year, wherein the World Health Organization together with global communities from United Nation (UN) summit created a historic commitment that envisions to eliminate extreme poverty and improve the health and wellness of people from countries that belong in the poverty line, this is called the Millennium Development Goals or MDGs. The long term plan was expected to be completed after 15 years of the commitment period.

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​MDGs’ 8 Goals

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1.Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

• Decrease poverty in poor and developing countries

• Achieve decent employment and livelihood for women, men, and young people

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2.Achieve universal primary education

• Increase in literacy rate

• by 2015, all children can complete a full course of primary education in schools

​3. Promote gender equality and empower women

• respect for gender and women rights

• to abolish gender inequality in work and education

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4. Reduce child mortality rate

• the goal is to at least reduce the mortality rate by 63%

• child survival from 5 years and below

5. ​Improve maternal health

• reduce the death rate of mothers after childbirth

• provides universal access to reproductive health programs

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6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases

• Prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS

• Universal access to the treatment of HIV/AIDS

• Decrease the incidents of malaria and other major diseases

​7. Ensure environmental sustainability

• reverse the loss of environmental resources due to human activities

• reduction of biodiversity loss

• safe drinking water and sanitation access

• promote environmental health

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8. Develop a global partnership for development

• express the special needs of least developed and developing countries

• promote the availability of technology, information, and communication

​Under the guidance and leadership of WHO, government from both rich and developing countries, together with global organizations and communities committed to achieving the MDGs. The report will depend on the effort of the international community to follow the strategies and inputs in a collective work.

​Health Tip

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The MDGs under the supervision of WHO aims to reverse the incidents of dengue and malaria, dengue and malaria are both carried by mosquitoes, and as a tropical country, you need to clean your surroundings more often to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds.

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Source:https://www.who.int/hdp/publications/mdg_en.pdf

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Environmental Sustainability

One of the goals of MDGs is to ensure environmental sustainability. As a student give at least 5 ways that you can support this goal to reverse the environmental damage in the Philippines

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Materials: ● Pen ● Paper

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Guide Questions:

1. How did you come up with these ideas?

2. Do you perform these activities in real life?

3. Would it be possible to help global environmental problems with these? How?