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Good Health and Well-Being (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as
biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health
and living conditions, especially but not only in developing
countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to
search for integrated solutions to make development more
sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and
approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st
January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the
Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three
dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social
inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in
an integrated way. The Encyclopedia encompasses 17 volumes, each
one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 3,
namely "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all
ages" and contains the description of a range of terms, to grow a
better understanding and foster knowledge. Ensuring healthy lives
and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to
sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in
increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers
associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has
been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation,
reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide
range of diseases and address many different persistent and
emerging health issues. Concretely, the defined targets are: Reduce
the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000
live births 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
End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected
tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and
other communicable diseases Reduce by one third premature mortality
from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and
promote mental health and wellbeing Strengthen the prevention and
treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and
harmful use of alcohol Halve the number of global deaths and
injuries from road traffic accidents 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 programmes Achieve
universal health coverage, including financial risk protection,
access to quality essential health-care services and access to
safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and
vaccines for all Substantially reduce the number of deaths and
illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil
pollution and contamination Strengthen the implementation of the
World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
in all countries, as appropriate Support the research and
development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and
non-communicable 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
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding
flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide
access to medicines for all 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 Strengthen
the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries,
for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and
global health risks Editorial Board Mohamed Walid Abdullah Meherun
Ahmed Monica de Andrade Masoud Mozafari Giorgi Pkhakadze Tony Wall
Catherine Zeman
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