UN Millennium Project

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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

Joan-Ramon Laporte

Joan-Ramon Laporte is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.. He is also Head of the Service of Clinical Pharmacology at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona) and Director of the Foundation Institut Català de Farmacologia. (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Pharmacoepidemiology). He has been temporary adviser for the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank in 34 countries. He was recently appointed as a member of the WHO Expert Committee on Essential Drugs. Dr. Laporte is also the current editor-in-chief of a bulletin on drug and therapeutics information and on drug safety, and he is member of the Scientific Committee or the Editorial Board of several international publications.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

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Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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