This is Africa’s year. G8 has made Africa its cause for the year and the Live 8 concerts around the globe have enlivened the issue for hundreds of millions of people. The UN heads of state meet September 14, 2005, to discuss and assess the five-year progress of the Millennium Development Goals. But do the goals make sense? Are they measurable? Will they help Africa’s development and what can the United States do to help? The panelists will address the issues of African health and development and how they can be improved through U.S. help.