The goal of combating diseases such as HIV and Aids and malaria by giving universal access to treatment won’t be met. The number of people living with HIV has fallen by 17% since 2002 but 33m still do, 70% of them in Africa.
The target of reducing the mortality of children aged under five by two thirds also looks unlikely to be achieved. The mortality rate has dropped since 1990, but 10m children still die every year, almost half of them from pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and Aids.
“We’re still a long way off from ending extreme poverty,” said Judith Robertson, the head of Oxfam Scotland. “Meeting the goals is the first step to a life of dignity, free of poverty, for everyone. The world cannot afford a single broken promise. Failing one will fail all.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/the-world-s-broken-promises-1.1056068
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