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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

Mario Raviglione

Mario Raviglione is the Coordinator of the Stop TB Partnership for the World Health Organization, and is currently chairing the DOTS Expansion Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership. In this role, he has been responsible for global DOTS expansion, and development of new policies and strategies, including those on TB/HIV, MDR-TB, community TB care and Public-Private Mix DOTS. In the mid-1990s, he was responsible for establishing the global anti-TB drug resistance surveillance project and the global TB surveillance and monitoring project. Dr. Raviglione holds a medical degree from the University of Turin in Italy, and has specialized in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and AIDS.

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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