Combate HIV/AIDS

According to the World Population Data Sheet 0.1 percent of the population living with HIV/AIDS in 2009 between the ages of 15-49 are males, and 1.1 percent are women.  The United Nations are aware of this growing problem and have come up with plans to help combat the battle against HIV/AIDS.  According to the UNICEF website the United Nation are placing an emphasis on the prevention of virus transmission from mother to children. Since early 2000, the National Vertical Transmission of HIV/AIDS Reduction Programme (PNRTV), set up as a pilot project at three maternity hospitals in the country that has been moving towards achieving its purpose. Although it is still a distant goal, it`s getting closer by the day: “Contributing to reduce the social and health impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through the methodological structuring of the workings of the National Health System establishments, aimed at achieving a reduction in HIV transmission from HIV-positive mothers to their children in the Dominican Republic”. (UNICEF, 2005)

Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Sustainability is one of Millennium development goals they wish to integrate the principles of sustainable development into countries policy and reverse the loss of environmental resources.  Dominican Republic is working on the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.  According to the World FactBook Sanitation in the urban area have improved by 87%, and in the rural area by 74%.  By 2020 Dominican Republic hopes to achieve significant improvements in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.   (Millennium Development Goals Indicator)  

Global Partnership

“Global Partnership” is one of the goals Dominican Republic wants to reach.  They would like to address the needs of less develop countries. They would like to deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries. They would like to develop an open, ruled based, predictable, non-discriminating trading and financial system.  They are making strides in obtaining this goal.  One example of this is when Haiti experienced a horrible earthquake. Dominican Republic was one of the first nations to help in times of crises.       

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< http://articles.cnn.com/20113/world/haiti.earthquake.dominican.republic_1_dominican-republic-haitian-rafael-trujillo>

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Dominican Republic Fears Increased Migration from Haiti 2010. Repeating Island

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UNICEF 2011. Dominican Republic Overview-Millennium Development Goals. 

< http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/domrepublic_1226.html>

Water Charity. 2011. La Colorada Arriba Water System Tank Project - Dominican Republic

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