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Presenting a new report on the status of MDGs ahead of the 2015 deadline Dr Sibanda said six other targets could potentially be achieved if current efforts were accelerated. He, however, said the remaining 11 were unlikely to be achieved. Dr Sibanda said positive trends were mainly found in MDG 2 on universal primary education, MDG 3 concerning gender equality in schools and MDG 6 on HIV and Aids.
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He said some of the challenges that the country faced were in MDG 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) and MDG 5 (improving maternal mortality) where all the targets under these goals were unlikely to be met by the 2015 deadline.
“Progress has been made on some of the MDGs while challenges still militate against the full realisation of all the targets,” Dr Sibanda said.
In his keynote address, deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Ray Ndhlukula said Government remained committed to achieving the set targets.
Dr Ndhlukula attributed the country’s failure to achieve most of its goals to sanctions slapped on the country saying they made it difficult for Zimbabwe to fully participate on the global trade arena.
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