UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT

GOAL

Goal 3: Ensure healthy

lives and promote well-
being for all at all ages

BY: ARSALAN KALEEM

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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and
promote well-being for all at all ages
 Specific SDG with measurable targets
 Complementary to other goals
 In SDG 1 social protection schemes requires health
 SDG 4 ( Education) related to health
 SDG 6 (Drinking safe water) helps in limiting diseases
 SDG 8 (Economic Well-being) helps in purchasing health
services.
Targets of Goal 3
 REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY
 END ALL PREVENTABLE DEATHS UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE
 FIGHT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
 REDUCE MORTALITY FROM NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH
 PREVENT AND TREAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 REDUCE ROAD INJURIES AND DEATHS
 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE CARE, FAMILY PLANNING AND EDUCATION
 ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
 REDUCE ILLNESSES AND DEATH FROM HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION
Target 3.1 REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY

 By 2030 reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per
100,000 live births”
 Important continuation of MDG Target
 One main lesson of MDG (data on maternal mortality rates) is disregarded
 Data of MMRs are highly unreliable.
 The use of the indicator Skilled birth attendance with addition to MMRs
 Lack of death registration System
 Implementation of death and birth registration systems as an important part
of the data revolution proposed by the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network
 Target 3.4 REDUCE MORTALITY FROM NON-
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PROMOTE MENTAL
HEALTH
 Reduce by one-third pre-mature mortality from non-communicable diseases
(NCDs) through prevention and treatment, and promote mental health and
wellbeing by 2030
 Countries should use their national implementation plans to specify their own
national target values to implement target 3.4
 Healthy life expectancy (HALE) indicator be used instead of common
indicator in target 3.4
 Target 3.6 REDUCE ROAD INJURIES AND
DEATHS

 By 2020 to halve global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
 The target is overambitious
 National implementation plans will need to set targets based on national
conditions.
 SDGs’ considered indicator “Number of road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100
000 population” is a highly relevant proxy but fails to register injuries from
road traffic accidents.
 Conclusion
 The level of ambition is likely unrealistic, given the current operationalization
of the goal.
 It is likely unachievable by 2030 and is not reflected by most of the targets of
Goal 3
 Many targets aim at combating specific diseases rather than promoting
healthy lives
 Finally, almost all means of implementation explicitly refer to developing
countries only, which goes against the aspired universal character of the 2030
Agenda.