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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

Catherine Wilfert

Catherine Wilfert is the Scientific Driector of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. In that role, she has focused on the implementation of mechanisms to interrupt transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their infants. She is also currently the Chair of the Perinatal Working Group for the Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) sponsored by NIH. Prior to this, Dr. Wilfert was one of the first investigators in the field of Pediatric HIV/AIDS. She has been seminal in the implementation of her concept of interruption by maternal AZT therapy of HIV transmission from mother to infant. Dr. Wilfert holds a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

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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