Improving the health of mothers and infants, and the educational prospects of children in the Commonwealth, are key goals Supporting social development The globally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit all governments to promote human development as the key to sustaining social and economic progress and achieving peace and democracy. The MDGs include commitments to achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases by 2015. The Commonwealth Secretariat works towards these goals both directly, through programmes in education, health and youth affairs, and indirectly through development assistance designed to make more resources available for social development.
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