SDGs and the WHO Flashcards
Rationale for the SDGs
- The Millennium Development Goals finished in 2015, so a new set of goals were needed in order to address poverty and health and wellbeing.
- Progress in all areas was uneven across regions and countries, leaving millions of people behind who are disadvantaged due to sex, age, disability, ethnicity and geographical location.
- New global challenges had emerged that needed to be considered, including the impact of conflict and migration.
Objectives of the SDGs
- End extreme poverty
- Fight inequality and injustice
- Address climate change
SDG 1
No poverty
SDG 2
Zero hunger
SDG 3
Good health and wellbeing
SDG 4
Quality education
SDG 5
Gender equality
SDG 6
Clean water and sanitation
SDG 13
Climate action
SDG 3: key features
- Reduce maternal mortality
- End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5
- End the epidemics of communicable diseases (AIDS, TB, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases)
- Reduce non-communicable diseases
- Promote mental health + wellbeing
- Reduce substance abuse
- Reduce road traffic accidents
- Reduce deaths from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
SDG 1: key features
- Eradicate extreme poverty
- Implementing social protection systems
SDG 2: key features
- End hunger and ensure access for all people to safe and nutritious food
- End all forms of malnutrition
SDG 4: key features
- Ensure all children complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education.
- Build and upgrade educational facilities
SDG 5: key features
- End all forms of violence against women and girls everywhere
- End all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere
SDG 6: key features
- Achieve universal and equitable access to safe water
- Enable access to adequate and equitable to sanitation for all.
SDG 13: key features
- Strengthen the capacity of all countries to adapt to climate-related hazards and natural disasters
- Environmental degradation
Interrelationships: SDG 1 + SDG 3
1 > 3: Social protection system > families have money to send children to school > gain access to knowledge about dangers of alcohol > strengthens prevention and treatment of substance abuse
3 > 1: Containing outbreaks of communicable diseases > more people can access employment > more individuals earning income > access to food, water and shelter > eradicate extreme poverty.
Interrelationships: SDG 2 + SDG 3
2 > 3: People have improved nutrition > reduced risk of contracting non-communicable diseases > improved health of population > reduced demand for health services > end preventable deaths of children under 5 years.
3 > 2: Good mental health and wellbeing > adults access employment > income > families can purchase nutrient-rich foods > reduced malnutrition.
Interrelationships: SDG 4 + SDG 3
4 > 3: Ensuring all children complete free, equitable & quality education > access to knowledge about safe sex and disease prevention > end the epidemics of AIDS and TB.
Building and upgrading education facilities > greater access to education > opportunity to earn a decent income > access to universal health coverage.
Interrelationships: SDG 5 + SDG 3
5 > 3: Ending discrimination against women > greater access to education > increased knowledge regarding substance and drug abuse > prevents deaths due to substance & alcohol abuse
Eliminating child marriage > many girls have access to quality education (spacing birth) > mothers space out their pregnancies > reduced global maternal mortality rates.
Interrelationships: SDG 6 + SDG 3
6 > 3: Universal and equitable access to safe drinking water > less likely to get sick from cholera > reduced premature mortality from communicable diseases.
3 > 6: Good mental health and wellbeing > more able to work and contribute to taxation system > increased funding for government to invest in sanitation facilities in rural areas > access to adequate and equitable sanitation for all.
Interrelationships: SDG 13 + SDG 3
13 > 3: Strategies in low- and middle-income countries implemented to address air pollution > more people walking and cycling > exercise > promotion of mental health and wellbeing
3 > 13: Countries work towards ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 > more children educated about climate change > more people taking actions to reduce environmental degradation.
Core functions of the WHO
- Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote h+w
- Develop policies to assist countries to take action to promote h+w
- Conduct research and provide h+w information to countries.
Priorities of the WHO
Achieving universal health coverage - 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
Addressing health emergencies
- 1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies
Promoting healthier populations
- 1 billion more people enjoying better health and wellbeing
