Olivia Roberts: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics”
June 26th, 2009
The recently released World Health Organisation statistics on progress to meeting the health-related Millennium Development Goals reveal little progress in some areas. But closer analysis reveals some huge achievements and underlines the need for greater evaluation of what works and what doesn’t, rather than cutting development aid. On 21 May 2009, the World Health Assembly received the mid-way report card on health- related Millennium Development Goals, the first progress report on the MD
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Olivia Roberts: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics”