MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: What's Next?

Introduction

 The Millennium Declaration, adopted by all 189 United Nations Member States in 2000, promised a better world with less poverty, hunger and disease; a world in which mothers and children have a greater chance of surviving and of receiving an education, and where women and girls have the same opportunities as men and boys. It promised a healthier environment and greater cooperation—a world in which developed and developing countries work in partnership for the betterment of all. The declaration established eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and time-bound targets by which progress can be measured. With the 2015 deadline looming, how much progress has been made? And is the pace of progress sufficient to achieve the goals? The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. ( Source: UN , 2011).

THIS PROGRAM DEBUTS ON MARCH 8th, 2012

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HOST: Dr. Padmini (Mini) Murthy, MD, MPH 
CO-HOST: Dr.  Elvira Beracochea, MD. MPH 

HOST: Dr. Padmini (Mini) Murthy, MD, MPH 
Padmini (Mini) Murthy is a physician and an activist who did her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has practiced medicine in various countries. She has a Master's in Public Health and a Masters in Management from New York University ( NYU). Murthy has been on the Dean's list at NYU Steinhart School of Education and named Public service scholar at the Robert F Wagner Graduate School at New York University. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Murthy has been the recipient of several awards and has presented at numerous national and international conferences. In 2009 she was awarded Mid career achievement award by the International Health Section of the APHA Murthy has experience working in the private sectors in India and in the US. Currently she is Assistant Professor, Departments of Health Policy and Management and Family and Community Medicine. She is also Global Health Program Director at New York Medical College School of Public Health. Murthy is the NGO Co Representative of Medical Women International Association to the United Nations. She has served as a consultant to the United Nations. Her book Women’s Global Health and Human Rights has been published by Jones and Bartlett in April 2009 and has been well received. 

CO-HOST: Dr. Elvira Beracochea, MD. MPH 

Dr Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, has more than 25 years of experience that encompass her work as physician, public health and international development expert, human rights advocate, epidemiologist, health policy advisor, researcher, health systems and hospital manager, consultant, professor and coach. She has worked in over 30 countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Pacific. Dr Elvira is committed to helping realize the right to health and the right to development and to improving the effectiveness of development assistance. For this reason, in 2005, she founded MIDEGO, an organization with an urgent rights-based mission: accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approved by the United Nations in the year 2000. She has developed “Health for All NOW,” a continuous innovation system to help achieve the health MDGs and empower health professionals to be resourceful and make the best of the resources they already have. She co-editor and co-author of the book “Rights Based Approaches to Public Health” (Springer 2010) and the author of the various e-books to improve health for all and the driving force of various innovative public health approaches and programs. In addition, she still teaches Epidemiology at George Mason University to contribute to form the next generation of public health professionals. She lives in Fairfax with her husband and two children.

Program Goal:

The goal of this program is to have examine the progress made since the year 2000 to the present in the various regions with reference to the 8 MDG goals.

Aims to  bring awareness  to the international community on how we can work at grass roots levels to improve the indicators for MDGs which will help to improve the quality of life in global communities.

Program Objectives

1.  To Feature one or more speakers who are well known or worked in the areas covered by the 8 MDG s
2. To come with a set of recommendations based on the conversations on how we can go forward and address the gaps in the indicators and MDGs which are lagging behind.
3. Aim to have shows engaging NGO reps  and UN personnel in a discussion on what has worked and examples of best practices which can be replicated

Producer and Director: Mr. Wale Idris Ajibade