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increased focus on prevention, including access to family planning services and contraceptives, is needed if we are to succeed in the long-term battle against this epidemic.
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1 Poverty, Population and Development: Poverty, high fertility, illhealth, gender inequity. Reproductive health information and services help break the cycle. UNFPA Annual Report 2002. United Nations Population Fund. 3 June 2008 www.unfpa.org/about/report/2002/2chapter.htm. 2 Butz, Bill. The Worlds Next Population Problem. Population Reference Bureau. March 2005. 12 May 2008 www.prb.org/Articles/2005/TheWorldsNextPopulationProblem.aspx. 3 The Millennium Development Goals and the United Nations Role. UN Millennium Development Goals. October 2002. United Nations Department of Public Information. 1 May 2008 www.un.org/millenniumgoals/MDGs-FACTSHEET1.pdf. 4 Student Voices against Poverty. The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project: Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers. United Nations Millennium Campaign. (2007): 2-3. 5 Statement of the UNFPA on the Global Food Crisis, Population and Development. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 3 June 2008. 17 June 2008 www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=1140. 6 Meeting the Millennium Development Goals Financing for Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development. High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development. General Assembly 59th Session. New York, 27-28 June 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2005):1. 7 Ibid. 1 8 UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. (Summary) RESULTS: The Power to End Hunger. 24 April 2008 www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=2871. 9 Student Voices against Poverty. The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project: Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers. United Nations Millennium Campaign. (2007): 3. 10 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. New York: United Nations, 2007. 14. 11 Student Voices against Poverty. The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project: Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers. United Nations Millennium Campaign. (2007): 4. 12 Stepping Up Efforts to Save Mothers Lives. United Nations Population Fund. May 2007. 15 April 2008 www.unfpa.org/mothers/index.htm. 13 Student Voices against Poverty. The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project: Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers. United Nations Millennium Campaign. (2007): 4. 14 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. New York: United Nations, 2007. 17. 15 Reproductive Health and Family Planning. State of the World Population 2004. United Nations Population Fund. 22 April 2008 www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch6/index.htm. 16 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. New York: United Nations, 2007. 18. 17 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization. December 2007. 3. 18 The Sustainable Difference: Energy and Environment to Achieve the MDGs. Energy and Environment Bureau for Development Policy. United Nations Development Programme, August 2005. 14. 19 Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Development Goals Keeping the Promise for 2015. United Nations Millennium Campaign Resources. RESULTS: The power to end hunger. 17 June 2008 www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=2142. 20 Health, Dignity, and Development: What Will It Take? Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The UN Millennium Project Task Force on Water and Sanitation, Final Report, Abridged Edition. New York: United Nations Millennium Project, 2005. 13. 21 Changing the Climate: Why Womens Perspectives Matter. Womens Environment & Development Organization (WEDO). 2007. 16 June 2008 www.wedo.org/library.aspx?ResourceID=180. 22 Student Voices against Poverty. The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project: Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers. United Nations Millennium Campaign. (2007): 9. 23 Goal #8: Global Partnership. End Poverty 2015: Millennium Campaign. 11 June 2008 www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/global-partnership. 24 Goal 8: Developing a Global Partnership for Development Official Development Assistance. The United States and the MDGs: U.S. Contributions to Global Poverty. InterAction. (2007): 57. 25 Progress on Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. RESULTS Outreach Packet. 10 July 2008 www.results.org/website/download.asp?id=2966.
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