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the millennium development goals the naga city experience

Questions for 2015. Have we attained the Millennium Development Goals? Are there less extremely poor Filipinos in our midst? Are our school-aged children in school? Is no one discriminated against because of gender? . Questions for 2015. Are there remaining threats to our family from major diseases? Do children survive their infancy and childhood? Is the environment more conducive to life and habitation? And have we leveraged our integration with the global community to further enhance 9458

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the millennium development goals the naga city experience

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    1. The Millennium Development Goals JESSE M. ROBREDO City Mayor

    3. Questions for 2015 Are there remaining threats to our family from major diseases? Do children survive their infancy and childhood? Is the environment more conducive to life and habitation? And have we leveraged our integration with the global community to further enhance the lives of our people?

    4. Local initiatives today Most LGUs have been doing MDG even before it became a byword in UN and development circles thru local poverty alleviation programs. The challenge for Philippine LGUs may no longer be on the quantitative aspect of the targets but on the quality of their accomplishment of the goals For Naga City, it’s “AN MAOGMANG LUGAR”

    5. Goal #1: Eradicate extreme poverty 83% coverage of all urban poor households today compared to 12% in 1990 notwithstanding increases in population and in-migration Reduction in number of underweight children from 9.19% in 1995 to 5.63% in 2004 Enhanced access to safe drinking water to 86% of all households compared to only 41% in 1990

    6. Goal #2: Access to primary education Attained a participation rate of 106% in 2003-04 compared to 92% in 1991-92 Slashed drop out rate from 1.10 in 1991-92 to 0.97% in 2003-04 Improved graduation rate from 97% in 1991-92 to over 99% in 2003-04 Opened four elementary schools to accommodate pupils from newly-established resettlement areas More workbooks, textbooks, teacher trainings, participatory budgeting process

    7. Goal #3: Promotion of gender equality Gender enrolment trend in primary schools proportionate to gender breakdown of the general population Not an issue in city schools

    8. Goal #4: Reduce child mortality Reduced child mortality at a low 1.19% in 2004 compared to 2.47% in 1996 Infant mortality rate of 6.66% in 2004 compared to 16.86% in 1996 Our commitment: reduce child mortality to below 1% and infant mortality to less than 2% by 2015

    9. Goal #5: Women’s reproductive health Zero maternal mortality rate in 2004, the same level in 1996 Contraceptive prevalence rate of 58% in 2004, a few notch higher than the 48% in 1990 Thrust is not to increase prevalence rate but to lay down the available options to married couples.

    10. Goal #6: Combat major diseases Zero occurrence of HI/AIDS and malaria over the years. Occurrence of 3 TB deaths in 2003, compared to 37 deaths in 1996. Our commitment: intensify our drive to eradicate TB from the city

    11. Goal #7: Environmental sustainability Established Bicol Region’s first materials recovery facility. Our advanced compliance with RA 9003 Established local airshed consistent with the Clean Air Act In partnership with USAID’s Project Linaw, started the design for the wastewater treatment facilities for the Naga City Abattoir and the Naga City Public Market

    12. Goal #8: Global partnership Availed of World Bank facility for upgrading urban poor settlement areas Availed of technical assistance from other foreign entities to enhance local capabilities such as those extended by AUSAID, USAID, CIDA, WB, among others

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