BMJ  2004;329 (14 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7462.0-g

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Failures of development

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Will quiet diplomacy save the world? It is doing little for Sudan, described by the UN as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Will goals and targets save the poor? I challenge BMJ readers to name the millennium development goals related to health. Many readers will not have heard of them. I had to remind myself by reading this week's analysis by Andy Haines and Andrew Cassels (p 394). Although these goals were agreed in 2000—at the largest ever gathering of heads of state—HIV/AIDS aside, they are unchanged from 1900: eradication of poverty, universal primary education, gender equality, reduction in child mortality, and improvements in maternal health are familiar development themes.

These goals should be viewed as a contract between rich and poor countries, recognising the role that rich countries must play through fair trade, development assistance, debt relief, access to essential drugs, and technology transfer. But one reason . . . [Full text of this article]

Kamran Abbasi, acting editor

(kabbasi@bmj.com)


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