Define/explain the goal and all it’s targets:
The goal is to improve the health of mothers while they are pregnant and after they've given birth.
Target A: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio
Target B: Achieve universal access to reproductive health
Explain why it is a goal-
Improving maternal health increases the amount of women that are able to work and promotes the economy of their communities and/or countries.
Explain the problems the world is having with your issue-
In developing countries, nearly 10-20 million women are disabled from childbirth every year. One of the leading causes of death among adolescent girls is difficulties during a pregnancy or childbirth.
Explain how the world has or has not made progress with your goal-
Maternal mortality has declined 47% since 1990. Asia and Africa has declined their maternal mortality rates by two-thirds. Women receiving antenatal care, which is general care for healthy, pregnant women, has increased18% since 1990. Fewer teens are having children. Family planning is increasingly becoming more popular among women.
Nearly 50 million babies worldwide are delivered without skilled care. Maternal mortality ratio of developing countries to developed countries is 15x higher. Only half of the women in developing countries are receiving the recommended amount of health care. Though contraceptive use was rising in the '90s, the progress has slowed now.
Sources:
"We Can End Poverty." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. <http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml>;.
"Millennium Development Goals." The World Bank. N.p., 2011. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. <http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/maternal_health.html>;.
Comments
This needs to be in more paragraph form--like a paper. Also, no personal thoughts and no pictures.