Halfway up the highway: can Nepal meet its Health Millennium Development Goals?
Vaidya, A.; Jha, N.
Jnma; Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 48(173): 85-91
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2715 PMID: 19529067 Document Number: 235421
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international objectives on poverty reduction adopted by the world community and provide the broad context for this revolution in thinking and practice. The MDGs place a central focus on public health, in recognition of the fact that improvements in public health are vital not only in their own right but also to break the poverty trap of the world's poorest economies. Nepal has been committed to achieving the MDGs since it endorsed the Millennium Declaration. As we have at present just passed the midway through the 15 years to MDGs deadline of 2015, this article reviews the status of Nepal in achieving the MDGs, the challenges it faces and whether it can achieve the MDGs by 2015.