Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

192 United Nations member states agreed in 2000 to reach eight international development goals (MDGs) until 2015. 

       Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

       Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

       Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

       Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

       Goal 5: Improve maternal health

       Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

       Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

       Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

The malaria-specific goal:

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases (Goal 6).