Sexual and reproductive health

Millennium Development Goal 5

A health worker holds an infant outside a clinic in La Paz, Bolivia.
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set at the 2000 Millennium Summit to accelerate global progress in development. Sexual and reproductive health is a prerequisite of all goals, particularly those related to gender and health. The most direct link is with MDG 5 of improving maternal health. Progress towards MDG 5 is monitored through achievement of two targets and their associated indicators for monitoring under MDG 5.

Target 5. A

A woman and her two daughters at a family planning/well child clinic in Java, Indonesia

Reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015

5.1 Maternal mortality ratio
5.2 Proportion of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel

Target 5.B

A woman stands in the doorway of her home with her two children in Bangladesh
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Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health

5.3 Contraceptive prevalence rate
5.4 Adolescent birth rate
5.5 Antenatal care coverage

Publications

Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health

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UN Secretary-General's call to action to accelerate progress towards health-related Millennium Development Goals.

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