According to the "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals" by Christian Picciolini, "In September 2000, 189 nations came together and agreed on 8 Goals that must be achieved by 2015 to ensure the world is a better place for everyone."
From the video, I noticed the poor, the children, and the women are the most affected negatively. We as public health professionals and human beings have lots to do to bring the standards of the poor, the children, and the women up to par with the rest of the world who take their lives for granted.
The MDG #1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger was the most shocking to me. How can 1.2 billion people live on $1 a day or less and about 800 million people suffer from hunger worldwide if world food production has doubled since the 1970's? This makes me believe that worldwide hunger is due mainly to unequal distribution of food. Logically, if food production has doubled since the 1970's and distribution of the food was equal then there should be less people suffering from hunger. It is definitely obvious that there is an unequal distribution of the food being produced. It is more than obvious that the food being produced is unequally distributed to those who are able to afford it rather than those who need it.
I see myself look around the restaurants every time I go out and feel disgusted by how much we take for granted. I remember my parents telling me, "Don't waste your food. Finish what's on your plate. There are millions of children around the world without food." I grew up making sure not to waste food and making sure those around me do not waste food either. I have been told by some people that they are against taking left-overs home to reheat because its not as "fresh" or they do not see themselves finishing it later. All I can say is if you know you are that type of person, DO NOT ORDER SO MUCH FOOD OR SHARE! I am a girl and I know I am unable to finish the big portions given to me so I am a big believer in sharing. To prevent wasting I would even go as far as mandating restaurants to serve real servings. This would not only prevent food waste from those who take our lifestyles for granted, but also help eliminate the growing obesity epidemic in developed countries.
Being a big believer in "Children are our future," I am excited in seeing the improved outcomes of the MDG #2 Achieve Universal Primary Education, MDG #4 Reduce Child Mortality, and MDG #5 Improve Maternal Health.
It is definitely shocking to see that over 1 billion people still live without safe drinking water. How is this MDG # 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability? I am shocked that safe drinking water is still a problem for people in the world. This is a BARE NECESSITY. This should not be a MDG. This should have been solved a long time ago! How are we expecting to achieve all the other MDGs when over 1 billion people still live without the BARE NECESSITY of safe drinking water??? We should definitely focus a big portion of our efforts if not all of our efforts in making sure people are living with safe drinking water.
As we have seen, a key driver in changing trends in health is the technological advances like biomedical and diagnostic advances and information technology. The MDG #8 Develop a Global Partnership for Development states that "In cooperation with the private sector, the benefits of new technologies can be made available." The key word I believe is GLOBAL. We NEED to work TOGETHER globally to help EVERYONE to improve health rather than the developed countries exploiting the resources of the developing countries.
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Amy nice blog, I think you are right about working TOGETHER globally to help others to improve their health status. Health is every human being’s need. People in developing and third world countries should be provided with enough information about certain epidemic, pandemic diseases. It is our responsibility to work together international and update each other’s knowledge on different topics that is going on in the different part of the world. This will happen if we start today!
Amy, when I first found out about the MDGs they were also very shocking to me. What I also find sad is that we have to make goals to do these things... they weren't already all in place. Nice blog.
Hi Amy,Great blog - those MDG goals certainly are high and I agree that we should work together. Great comment about getting your computer back.
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