A nurse is presenting a lecture to a nursing class about the Millennium Development Goals and our progress in meeting them. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The goal is to achieve them by 2020.
B. The selected outcomes are used to measure progress in each country.
C. Each goal and its outcome criteria is independent of the other objectives within the MDGs.
D. There has been significant progress in meeting some of the goals, but there is still a lot of work that needs to happen in other goals.
ANS: D
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