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A doctor examining a child at a hospital on the outskirts of Cotonou.

Demographic change

Progress may not be sustained

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by Karim Okanla
Zambian health worker immunising a child with the DPT3 vaccine.

Public health

Immunising Africa

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by Benjamin M. Kagina
by Hannah Hussey
by Rudzani Muloiwa
by Gregory D. Hussey
Screenshot: World Poverty Clock.

Global data

“We can end extreme poverty”

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by Homi Kharas
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hospital in Congo Brazzaville.

Our view

Longer and better lives

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by Hans Dembowski
Lower birth rates and higher life expectancy: Ghanaian grandmother.

Demographic change

Lives are now 20 years longer

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by Alisa Kaps
by Hans Dembowski
MDG success: the number of terrestrial and marine protected areas increased like in South Africa near the Cap of Good Hope.

MDG results

Improvement in many fields

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
In wetlands such as the Okavango Delta in Botswana the risk of malaria infection is particularly high.

Disease control

“Killing mosquito larvae is the best prevention”

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by Meekaeel Siphambili
The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals helped to control communicable diseases such as tuberculosis. Immunisation of a baby in Indonesia.

MDGs

Think globally, act globally

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by Belay Begashaw
Many of the discussed trends are crosscutting and interdependent.

Global trends

The future of development and development policy

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by Katja Dombrowski
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