Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Poverty - Target likely to be achieved Hunger - Target unlikely to be achieved Achieve Universal Primary Education Possible to achieve if changes are made
Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Targets possible to achieve if changes are made Reduce Child Mortality Targets likely to be achieved
Improve Maternal Health Improve Maternal Health Targets possible to achieve if changes are made Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases HIV and AIDS - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made Tuberculosis - Target likely to be achieved
Ensure Environmental Sustainability Environment - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made Water and Sanitation - Target Likely to be achieved Global Partnership for Development Poverty - Target likely to be achieved

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Goal 6 / Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases

HIV and AIDS - Target Possible to achieve if changes are made

The national figure on HIV prevalence is slightly reversing (0.49% in 2007). However, Nepal's HIV epidemic is concentrated among population groups at higher risk of transmission - injecting drug users, female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and high-risk migrants. There is evidence that the expanded response has slowed down the spread of HIV in some groups in the last years (e.g. sex workers and IDUs). However, the prevalence among other vulnerable populations such as migrants to India is of concern: Just over 42% percent of all HIV infections in Nepal are among migrants. This increases the risk of transmission to the spouses of migrants as well as from mother to child. Another cause for concern is the high HIV prevalence among young injecting drug users. There is a need to increase the coverage of HIV prevention activities for risk these risk groups.

Tuberculosis - Target likely to be achieved

A well performing and integrated National TB Control programme has resulted in a significant decline in tuberculosis cases, from 460 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 1990 to 244 today.

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[04-03-2010] - News

Target of reducing poverty likely to be met ��.

According to the draft report, Nepal is likely to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 of reducing poverty to 21 percent of the population by 2015 as it had already brought down the figure to 25 percent by 2008, with a decline rate of 1 percent annually. In 2005, the population below the poverty line was 31 percent.

[09-03-2010] - Press Clippings

Progress on Women front slow: Report

[09-03-2010] - Press Clippings

Nepal fails to implement laws

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