Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Asian Ministers Review MDGs Progress
South Asia is "lagging behind" in poverty and hunger reduction and is "in danger" of missing key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, a U.N. official told Asian ministers gathered to discuss MDGs progress, Agence France-Presse reports. At the meeting, "senior officials told delegates from dozens of countries that global food, energy and financial crises in recent years had jeopardized progress toward achieving the goals set for 2015," the news service writes.
This is part of the Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.