Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Print version ISSN
1020-4989 TORRES, Cristina and MUJICA, Oscar J.. Health, equity,
and the Millennium Development Goals. Rev Panam Salud Publica
[online]. 2004, vol.15, n.6, pp. 430-439. ISSN 1020-4989.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1020-49892004000600012. In September
2000 representatives of 189 countries met for the Millennium
Summit, which the United Nations convened in New York City, and
adopted the declaration that provided the basis for formulating
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The eight goals are
part of a long series of initiatives that governments, the
United Nations system, and international financial institutions
have undertaken to reduce world poverty. Three of the eight
goals deal with health, so the health sector will be responsible
for implementing, monitoring, and evaluating measures proposed
to meet targets that have been formulated: to reduce by two-
thirds the mortality rate in children under 5 years of age
between 1990 and 2015; to reduce by th