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Prison policies often overlook the special needs of women and their health. Many women in prison have high levels of mental illness and drug or alcohol dependence as well as histories of sexual and physical abuse and violence. Issues arising from gender-specific health care needs and family responsibilities are also frequently neglected. Although women represent a small percentage of the total prison population, their numbers are increasing and the rate of increase is much greater than that of men. . | Child Health and Maternal Health Who s got the power Transforming health systems for women and children Summary version Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Millenniumproject The UN Millennium Project is an independent advisory body commissioned by the UN Secretary-General to propose the best strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals MDGs . The MDGs are the world s quantifed targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality education health and environmental sustainability. The UN Millennium Project is directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs Special Advisor to the SecretaryGeneral on the Millennium Development Goals. The bulk of its analytical work is performed by 10 task forces each composed of scholars policymakers civil society leaders and private-sector representatives. The UN Millennium Project reports directly to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and United Nations Development Programme Administrator Mark Malloch Brown in his capacity as Chair of the UN Development Group. Who s got the power Transforming health systems for women and children Summary version Lead authors Lynn P. Freedman Ronald J. Waldman Helen de Pinho Meg E. Wirth A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury Coordinator Allan Rosenfield Coordinator UN Millennium Project Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health 2005 .