Issues
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria In 2007, HIV/AIDS killed 2.2 million people, 1.7 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) and malaria killed another 881,000 people. Learn more
Development Assistance Development assistance plays a critical role in the fight against extreme poverty and disease. Learn more
Education Research indicates that investment in education may be one of the highest yield investments available in the developing world, yet 72 million children are currently out of school. Learn more
Water & Sanitation Access to clean water and proper sanitation is essential to good health, education and economic productivity; yet over one billion people across the world lack access to clean water and 2.6 billion do not have access to basic sanitation. Learn more
Trade Development assistance and debt relief are critical to jump-starting development, but developing countries want the opportunity to earn their own resources for fighting poverty. Learn more
Debt Cancellation For decades, developing countries spent billions of dollars each year repaying debts to donor countries and international financial institutions. Learn more
Child and Maternal Health Across the world, young children and pregnant women are bearing the brunt of deteriorating health systems. Every year, over 9 million children and half a million mothers die, most of them from treatable and preventable causes. Learn more
Agriculture and Food Agriculture is a key component of economic growth and poverty reduction in the developing world, where over 900 million people live in rural areas. Learn more
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) The Millennium Development Goals set a framework for how the world could see the end of extreme poverty. In September, 2000, The United States joined with 188 nations to affirm a set of international development goals in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reflect an understanding of the devastation caused by global hunger and poverty and aim for a world that is free of such suffering. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by 2015. Our leaders committed to these goals and it is up to us, as Americans and ONE supporters, to make sure that America keeps its promises to the world’s most vulnerable people. Learn more
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