SDG 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages by 2030. This encompasses a broad range of health targets and reflects a global commitment to improving health outcomes.
Core Aims of SDG 3 by 2030:
SDG 3 doesn't just focus on treating illnesses, but also on promoting preventative measures and overall well-being. Key targets to be achieved by 2030 include:
- Reducing Maternal Mortality: Aiming to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
- Ending Preventable Deaths of Newborns and Children: Striving to 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.
- Fighting Epidemics: Combating communicable diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases, and working towards their eradication.
- Reducing Premature Mortality from Non-Communicable Diseases: Reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promoting mental health and well-being.
- Preventing and Treating Substance Abuse: Strengthening the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
- Reducing Road Traffic Injuries and Deaths: Halving the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
- Ensuring Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services: Ensuring 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.
- Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Achieving 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.
- Reducing Illnesses from Hazardous Chemicals and Pollution: Substantially reducing the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
- Strengthening the Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Strengthening the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate.
- Supporting Research, Development and Universal Access to Vaccines and Medicines: Supporting research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, providing access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
- Increasing Health Financing and Support the Health Workforce: Substantially increasing health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in the least developed countries and small island developing States.
- Improving Early Warning Systems for Global Health Risks: Strengthening the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.
Achieving the Targets:
Reaching these ambitious goals requires concerted efforts across multiple sectors, including governments, healthcare providers, non-governmental organizations, and individuals. Key strategies include:
- Investing in healthcare infrastructure and workforce.
- Promoting health education and awareness.
- Strengthening health systems and governance.
- Addressing social and environmental determinants of health.
- Fostering collaboration and partnerships.
In summary, SDG 3 by 2030 represents a comprehensive commitment to improve global health outcomes across a wide spectrum of health challenges, requiring sustained commitment, resources, and collaborative action to ensure its successful implementation.
