1. QUESTION ANSWER
WHICH COUNTRIES Progress toward ending poverty
HAVE MADE STRIDES “Countries working together over the past decade
IN WEAKENING have made considerable strides toward eliminating
extreme proverty in the world.
THE CONNECTION In 2000, world leaders came together to adopt the
BETWEEN POVERTY United Nations Millennium Declaration, a blueprint
for halving extreme poverty, halting the spread
AND ILL HEALTH? of diseases, promoting access to education and
improving health care, all by 2015. The eight goals put forth in
the declaration have become known as the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). Although serious challenges
remain, the world has already made remarkable progress
toward achieving the eight MDGs.”
– Dr. Gail C. Christopher
Vice President — Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
LEARN MORE ON NEXT SLIDES
1. “When we pull together, we can achieve great things.”
2. Living proof: A showcase of incredible progress

2. QUESTION
WHICH COUNTRIES “When we pull together, we can
HAVE MADE STRIDES achieve great things.”
IN WEAKENING THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN At a news conference earlier this year, UN
POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH? Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised progress
made toward the MDGs. Ban cited preliminary
estimates indicating that the MDG of halving the
proportion of people living in extreme poverty was
achieved in 2010. Deaths from tuberculosis have
declined by 40 percent since 1990, and malaria
deaths have declined by nearly a third in the past
decade. “When we pull together,” said Ban at the
news conference, “we can achieve great things.”
(via UN News Centre).

3. QUESTION
WHICH COUNTRIES Living proof: A showcase of
HAVE MADE STRIDES incredible progress
IN WEAKENING THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN We’re not only making significant progress toward
POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH? weakening the connection between poverty and
ill health, we’re sharing stories of how we’re
doing it. The UN has compiled brief, country-by-
country examples of progress toward each of the
eight Millennium Development Goals. For a more
in-depth set of progress stories, visit Living Proof,
a “showcase of stories” from the ONE Campaign.