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The Millennium Declaration, adopted by 189 heads of state at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, committed governments and intergovernmental institutions to international cooperation on the achievement of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Health figures prominently in these goals, three of which focus on health directly, and four on social determinants of health. Indicators surrounding these goals, therefore, provide a useful metric for assessing the current global health situation, particularly in the global South. As discussed in Chapter 1, there have also been significant transformations in health in the global North, including acute disease outbreaks (SARS, avian flu, influenza, etc.) as well as increases in chronic diseases such as lung disease and neoplasms. In early 2007, a midterm report1 was released by the United Nations, which tracked each goal’s progress and predicted the likelihood of its success. The report indicated mixed results; while considerable progress had been achieved on several goals, it was deemed extremely unlikely that others would be realized by the target deadline of 2015, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Brown, S.A., MacLean, S.J. (2009). Conclusion: Towards Equitable Global Health Governance. In: MacLean, S.J., Brown, S.A., Fourie, P. (eds) Health for Some. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244399_15
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