extreme poverty. Between 2000 and 2010, an estimated 3.3 million deaths from malaria
were averted, and 22 million lives were saved from fighting tuberculosis. Access to
antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected people has saved 6.6 million lives since
1995. At the same time, gender parity in primary school enrolment, access to child and
maternal health care, and in women’s political participation improved steadily.ii
18. We must invest in the unfinished work of the MDGs, and use them as a
springboard into the future we want – a future free from poverty and built on human
rights, equality and sustainability. This is our duty and it must be the legacy we strive to
leave for our children.