The nurse is assigned to prepare the yearly goals for the community health agency in a developing nation. Which goals, on the basis of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for improving global health, should the nurse include?
(Select all that apply.)
A) Initiate an afterschool sports program at every school in the nation to increase physical activity among children.
B) Distribute a mosquito bed net to every home in the nation.
C) Provide 1 million free allergy shots to people at highest risk.
D) Increase the number of girls who attend primary schools by 100%.
E) Provide training on prevention of postpartum hemorrhage to all healthcare workers.
Ans: B, D, E
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The United Nations Millennium Development Goals and Targets include the following: eradicate extreme hunger and poverty; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership for development. Increasing physical activity among children and allergy prevention are not among the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for improving global health.
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