The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations had which of the following features?

• A 17 goals with 169 targets covering the period 2000 to 2030
• B 8 goals covering the period 2015 to 2030, replacing the Sustainable Development Goals
• C 10 goals focused exclusively on infectious disease control from 1990 to 2000
• D 8 goals covering the period 2000 to 2015, derived from the Millennium Declaration ✓

Explanation

The MDGs were eight goals adopted after the UN Millennium Declaration of September 2000, with a target horizon of 2015, covering poverty, education, gender, health goals for children, mothers and diseases, environment and global partnership. They were replaced by the SDGs, which have 17 goals and 169 targets running from 2015 to 2030, so option A describes the successor framework and option B reverses the chronology entirely. Option C invents both the number and the period.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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