Scaling up Human Development Level to Meet the MDG’s in the Western Africa: the way forward with Roger’s Theory

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are time-limited commitments made by governments throughout the world to reduce poverty and promote human development. The past two decades have witnessed significant improvements in the living conditions and health status of the world people, particularly the developing countries. The aim of this paper is to evaluate human development level in achieving MDG’s of 4 and 5 in the Western Africa countries and to explore its policy implications. Data used in this analysis are mostly taken from the WHO (World Health organization) for 2010, Population Reference Bureau for 2010 and Human Development Report (HDR) for 2006 and 2008. According to Roger’s theory on diffusion of Innovations which is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures in the complex atmosphere. With expansion advanced medical care systems, it is implied that we can see positive signs of reduction of mortality indices at the globalized World. Our result confirms it at the regional scale even with little progress in reduction of Child and Maternal Mortality rates. It involves evaluating possible solutions for human wellbeing at the World and Africa Continent as well by national and international authorities.