Ban Ki-moon, the U. N. Secretary-General has initiated a $40 billion global health program, which, according to him, could possibly save a countless number of women and kids all over the world.

This week at the United Nations, world leaders came together to review the development and progress regarding the determined plan stretching for a term of 15 years that had been agreed upon in the year 2000 and christened ‘the Millennium Development Goals’.

The main aim of the program is to annihilate extreme poverty, disease and starvation.

However, the trouble is that the time left in hands is scanty and there needs to be done loads of work, in order to achieve success.

There are total 8 goals out of which two of the major goals are in danger, since by the year 2015, attaining Goals 4 and 5, which are lessening mortality rates amongst kids and bringing improvement in maternal health, look gloomy.

As per the U. N. Secretary-General, in the 21st century, it was completely intolerable to see women and kids give in because of malnourishment or some disease, which is otherwise treatable.

He said that what has been decided can be achieved if the inequalities that women and kids face are addressed at the earliest.