Are Countries Meeting the Millennium Development Goals?

(RV - 19 March 10) The United Nations Secretary-General released a report this week on the progress made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

There are only five years to go before the 2015 deadline, and the report highlights both significant improvements and shortfalls in the global efforts to meet the goals.

Francesca Perucci is the Chief of the Statistical Planning and Development Section in the UN Statistics Division. She says that one target that needs improvement is the reduction of maternal mortality: