SDGS. Flashcards
Outline what SGD 3 is.
SDG 3 is titled as ‘Good health and wellbeing; ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages’.
SDG 3 aims to extend life expectancy through focusing on the major causes of mortality and morbidity in high-, middle- and low-income countries.
what are some of the key targets that addresses the aims of SDG 3?
- Reduce the maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100 000 live births.
- End the epidemic of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other communicable diseases.
- Reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment, and promote mental health and wellbeing.
- Achieve universal health coverage, including access to affordable essential medicines, and vaccines.
What is universal health coverage?
Involves developing and improving health systems so that all people around the world can access quality and affordable healthcare when they need it.
What is an aspect of universal health coverage?
An aspect of universal health coverage includes providing essential medicines, which are medicines that satisfy the priority healthcare needs of the population.
why is SGD 3 important?
- Draws attention to the improvement of mental health, which has previously been neglected, and focusing on making improvements in this area.
- Works to achieve universal health coverage which is crucial for improved health outcomes.
- Aims to create accessibility and equality with health.
What are the three key features of SDG 3?
- Maternal and child health and wellbeing.
- Communicable diseases.
- Non-communicable diseases and other causes of poor health.
Describe maternal child health and wellbeing is.
Maternal and child health and wellbeing is all about improving the lives of mothers and children. This feature can be separated into two components:
- Reduce maternal mortality.
- End preventable newborn and child deaths.
What is reduce maternal mortality?
Maternal mortality refers to the death of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 6 weeks of delivery. SO COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH.
How can we make progress in the reduce maternal mortality component?
- Increasing the number of women who have access to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing services.
- Ensuring more births are assisted by skilled health professionals.
- Reducing the number of young girls who are becoming pregnant.
- Having greater access to family planning services.
What does end preventable newborn and child deaths focus on?
This component is concerned with newborns and children under the age of 5. Aims to improve health and wellbeing and make efforts in ending preventable deaths in newborns and children under the age of 5.
What can be done to achieve the goals in the feature of ‘maternal and child health and wellbeing’.
- Improve access to vaccinations and antibiotics.
- Increase government investment in healthcare services.
- Ensure all women have access to sexual and reproductive services, including antenatal care and neonatal care.
Outline what communicable diseases are.
Communicable diseases refer to infectious diseases that are transmitted from the environment, including through air, water, food, and other infected organisms.