Africa moves towards MDGs
A report released on Tuesday, 22 June 2010, revealed that Africa is making the greatest overall progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The report by the London-based Overseas Development Institute and the United Nations Millennium Campaign said 11 of Africa's poorest nations were among the 20 countries making the most progress.
Ethiopia reduced its rate of hungry people from 71% in 1990 to 46% in 2004, according to the report. In the same period Ghana more than halved its number of undernourished people from 34% to 9%. The report also suggests that around half the continent is on track to halve poverty by 2015.
On the other hand, the report noted that child mortality rates have increased in six sub-Saharan countries.
Source: Panos London
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