Millennium Development Goals Nauru Progress Report 1990-2011

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MDG: Nauru Progress report 1990-2011

MDG1 - Eradication Poverty and Hunger :  Progress on this goal is uncertain. Nauru lacks the necessary data to monitor progress on this goal.
MDG2 - Achieve Universal Primary Education : Progress on this goal is good. Nauru is likely to achieve this.

MDG3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women : Nauru is likely to meet the indicator for gender parity in education, may meet the target of the economic empowerment of women, but is off-track for the target of gender equality in high-level decision-making.

MDG4 - Reduce Child Mortality : Nauru has potential to meet this goal. This will require more policy focus on improving neo-natal health and improving the supply chain and management of essential vaccines. Infant and child mortality rates are naturally volatile in such a small population and therefore difficult to interpret. Absolute numbers of deaths are a more useful indicator for Nauru.

MDG 5 - Improve Maternal Health : There is potential for Nauru to achieve this goal, provided serious efforts are made to address the low contraceptive prevalence rate, the high unmet need for family planning rate and the high adolescent birth rate.