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Slide 1: MDG progress by region…. Africa is off track on all seven MDGs South Asia is off-track on 6 goals: gender equality, universal primary completion, child mortality, maternal mortality, communicable diseases and sanitation. It is on-track on water supply.
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Slide 1: MDG progress by region…. • Africa is off track on all seven MDGs • South Asia is off-track on 6 goals: gender equality, universal primary completion, child mortality, maternal mortality, communicable diseases and sanitation. It is on-track on water supply. • MENA is off-track on six goals – all except maternal mortality • Europe and Central Asia is off track on four goals – child mortality, maternal mortality, communicable diseases, and sanitation • LAC is off-track on child mortality, maternal mortality and communicable diseases • East Asia and Pacific are off track on child mortality, maternal mortality and communicable diseases.
Slide 2: Slow MDG progress means human suffering • Each week, 200,000 children under 5 die of preventable diseases • Each week, 100,000 people are infected with HIV and over 50,000 die from AIDS • Each week, 10,000 women die giving birth • 1 child in 4 globally does not complete primary school, and in Africa almost half do not • The first MDG target to fall due – gender equity in primary and secondary education by 2005 – will be missed
Slide 5: But the quality of donor aid is a major issue…Commitments are volatile -- making it risky to hire new health workers…
Slide 6: …or tied to other uses, making it impossible to hire teachers or build schools70% of all education ODA is technical assistance