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

Debrework Zewdie

Debrework Zewdie is the Global HIV/AIDS Advisor for the World Bank and the principal spokesperson for the Bank's participation in global action against HIV/AIDS. She was recruited to this position from the Africa Region of the Bank where she managed the AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica), and led the team that is responsible for the US$1 billion Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP I and II) for Africa. Before joining the Bank in 1994, Dr. Zewdie served as Deputy Regional Director for the AIDS Control and Prevention project (AIDSCAP) of Family Health International in Nairobi, Kenya. She received her Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of London and was a Senior MacArther Fellow at Harvard University's School of Population and Development Studies.

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.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

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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