Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Target 1

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day.

Target 2

Halve, between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

• Indicator 4: Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age.
• Indicator 5: Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption. Full text

Context

• 1.2 billion people live on less than $1 per day.
• 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.
• More than 6 million children under five die each year from malnutrition.

Measuring progress
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WHO’s work

Poverty and health Health and poverty are inseparable. Full text Nutrition Hunger and malnutrition are intricately bound up with ill-health, poverty and underdevelopment. Full text Policy-making for health in develpment The MDGs provide an important opportunity to promote the incorporation of health priorities in national and international development processes Full text

Food safety An estimated 1.8 million people die annually from diarrhoeal diseases caused by unsafe food and water. Full text Emergency preparedness and response Crisis conditions now affect people in more than 40 countries. Full text Health in development The eight MDGs are synergistic, and cannot be achieved in isolation. Full text

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