SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being Sept.

20th 2016
SDG #3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages.

SDG #3 Targets
3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming
to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low
as 25 per 1,000 live births
3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat
hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention
and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use
of alcohol
3.6 By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
3.7 By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family
planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and
programs
3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential
healthcare services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water
and soil pollution and contamination
3.a Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control in all countries, as appropriate
3.b Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential
medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health,
which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular,
provide access to medicines for all
3.c Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the
health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing
States
3.d Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk
reduction and management of national and global health risks

Roadmap to SDG #3
1948 WHO established on April 7 1948 (First WHO Day)
1988 Global polio eradication program
1992 Health formed Ch. 6 in agenda
2000 - Millennium Declaration MDG 6
2001 - Decade to roll back malaria in developing countries, particularly Africa
2010 Every Woman Every child movement launched the Global Strategy for Womens and Childrens health
2015 2030 Agenda: SDG 3
Achievements
-In the 15 years since the creation of the Millennium Development Goals (2000) the number of people newly
infected by HIV each year has dropped from 3.1 million to 2 million and over 6.2 million lives were saved from
malaria
-Since 1990, maternal mortality fell by 45%, and worldwide there has been an over 50% decline in preventable
child deaths globally
Challenges
-AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, and 22 million people living with
HIV are not accessing life-saving antiretroviral therapy. New HIV infections continue to rise in some locations
and in populations that are typically excluded or marginalized. The job on HIV and health is far from done
-Chronic and catastrophic disease remains one of the main factors that push households from poverty into
deprivation
-Currently, 63% of all deaths worldwide stem from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), chiefly cardiovascular
diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. The cumulative economic losses to low and middleincome countries from the four diseases are estimated to surpass US$ 7 trillion by 2025
-There continues to be underinvestment in the social circumstances and environmental factors affecting health
Case Studies
-Diabetes
-Malaria

-Road Traffic accidents

-Malaria

Diabetes
-The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 20141
-The global prevalence of diabetes among adults over 18 years of age has risen from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in
2014
-Diabetes prevalence has been rising more rapidly in middle- and low-income countries1
-Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation
-In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes and another 2.2 million deaths were
attributable to high blood glucose**1
-Almost half of all deaths attributable to high blood glucose occur before the age of 70 years1 WHO projects
that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030
-Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight and avoiding tobacco use are ways to
prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed with diet, physical activity,
medication and regular screening and treatment for complications