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This is part of our year-long series “Millennium Development Goals Tech Roadmap” Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Target 4.A: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate Since 1990, the mortality rate for children under five years old has nearly halved worldwide, going from 90 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 48 in 2012. Newborns account for 44 percent of those deaths. In 2012, an estimated 6.6 million children - 18,000 a day - died from mostly preventable diseases, such as diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia. Undernutrition contributes to 45 percent of under-five deaths. High mortality...
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This is part of our year-long series “Millennium Development Goals Tech Roadmap” Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Target 3A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 Much progress has been made to close the gap between males and females in education; however, gender disparities continue to exclude girls from the most marginalized communities. The same gains and disparities are also reflected in the global labor market. The number of women employed outside of agriculture rose to 40 percent, but rose to only 20...
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This is part of our year-long series “Millennium Development Goals Tech Roadmap” Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Target 1A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people living on less than US$1.25 a day Target 1B: Achieve Decent Employment for Women, Men, and Young People Target 1C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger According to a 2013 UN update, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty globally has been reduced by half. In many developing countries the number of people living on less than US$1.25 a day fell from...
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Today Global Wire Books is launching its holiday flash sale! For the next three days you can get a deep discount on selected e-books purchased on this website. And as an added bonus, proceeds will be donated to Worldreader, an international charity that provides e-readers and e-books to needy children and families around the world. The flash sale ends on Wednesday, 2 December 2020 at 11:59PM EDT. Please note: The sale does not include our e-books sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google Play. All e-books are in English unless noted otherwise. Price: US$7.99 PDF...
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