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Goals 1 & 2
Goals 3 & 4
Goals 5 & 6
Goals 7 & 8
Lucky Dip!
100
Are we on track to meet goal 1, target 3? (Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger).
No The proportion of people suffering from hunger is declining, but at an unsatisfactory pace particular focus is required in Southern Asia. This region alone accounts for almost half the world’s undernourished children.
100
True/False 67% of girls are enrolled in tertiary education in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia?
True
100
What is the second leading killer, after HIV?
Tuberculosis
100
Name the five donor countries, currently meeting the aid contribution UN target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income.
Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
100
100%
What grade are you going to give us?
200
1 in _____ children under the age of five are underweight in the developing world?
4
200
How many countries are on track to meet the MDG’s for goal 4, target 1 (Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the mortality rate of children under five)?
10
200
What percentage of maternal deaths could be avoided? a) 50% b) 75% c) 20% d) 80%
d) 80%
200
Name 2 ways developing countries are gaining greater access to the markets of developed countries?
Tariff reductions, debt release
200
8
What is the number of Millennium Development Goals?
300
What percentage of people still need to escape extreme poverty to meet target 1? a) 10% b) 3% c) 4% d) 16%
c) 4%
300
What are some gender differences that women face that men in developing nations bypass?
Woman and girls spend many hours fetching water, and girls often do not attend school because of a lack of decent sanitation facilities
300
What percentage of HIV-positive expectant mothers received treatment in 2007? 2008?
2007 – 35%, 2008 – 45%
300
The world has missed the 2010 target for biodiversity conservation, with potentially grave consequences. From the list choose 3 of the main causes of biodiversity loss: • high rates of consumption • habitat loss • PVDP eating the worlds’ food supplies • invasive species • over population • pollution • climate change
Any of; high rates of consumption, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, and climate change.
300
4 years and 88 days
What is the countdown until the Millennium Development Goals are due.
400
Which region has had little progress made in reducing extreme poverty
Sub-Saharan Africa
400
How many children die before their 5th birthday each year?
Almost nine million children still die each year before they reach their fifth birthday
400
What improvements need to be made to reduce the number of maternal deaths?
Improved access to health services, equipment, supplies and skilled healthcare workers.
400
The world will meet or even exceed the drinking water target by 2015 if current trends continue. What four regions have met the safe drinking water target of Goal 7? a) Northern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia. b) Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southern Europe and South-Eastern Asia. c) Northern Africa, South America, Eastern Asia and Eastern Asia.
a) Northern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.
400
24th October, 1945
What is the date the UN was founded?
500
Name one initiative that the UN is doing to meet goal 2, target 1 (Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling)?
Advocating for countries to adopt legal frameworks guaranteeing 8-10 years of uninterrupted basic education. or Putting an end to child marriages and keeping girls in school. To encourage families to let the girls complete schooling, girls receive a female sheep upon completing the program. or The World Food Program (WFP) provides school meals, which act as a strong incentive for parents to send their children to school.
500
What are the main causes of child mortality? List 3.
The main causes of child deaths include - malnutrition - Lack of access to adequate primary health care. - Lack of water and sanitation. - Pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and AIDS accounted for 43 per cent of all deaths in under-fives worldwide in 2008,
500
In 2008, skilled health workers attended 63% of births in the developing world, up from 53 per cent in 1990. Progress was made in all regions, but was especially dramatic in (a) ______________ and (b) _____________, with increases of 74% and 63%, respectively
(a) Northern Africa, (b) South-Eastern Asia
500
The target of improving the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers has already been achieved twice-over. However, what is on the rise that slum improvements are failing to keep pace with?
The absolute number of slum dwellers in the developing world is growing and will continue to increase in the near future. Slum improvements are failing to keep pace with the growing number of urban poor.
500
Ban Ki-moon
What is the name of the UN secretary general?