Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Meeting/event
Special Session of the United Nations Assembly on the World Drug Problem
The UN General Assembly will hold a Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs in 2016. This Special Session will be an important milestone in achieving the goals set in the policy document of 2009 "Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem", which defined action to be taken by Member States as well as goals to be achieved by 2019.
Document
A/69/856 - Future of the AIDS response: building on past achievements
News
Enhancing food security, health and well-being in Small Island Developing States
Publication
Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health
Publication
Population, consumption and the environment 2015
Partnerships for SDGs
Securing Health through Safe Treatment and Other Initiatives (SHOSTI)
Aimed to serve poor and marginalized people in Bangladesh with quality services at low and affordable prices, the clinics under the “Securing Health through Safe Treatment and Other Initiatives" (SHOSTI) programme are considered the primary service providing centres for basic and necessary medical services, positively changing the socioeconomic status of the communities where they operate. The implementation methodologies adopted by the initiative include three types of health insurance, training and capacity- building services, creation of entrepreneurial and business opportunities, empowerment of women, support to extra poor and community ownership.
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Goal 3 Targets
3.1
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
3.2
By 2030, 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
3.3
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.4
By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
3.5
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.6
By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
3.7
By 2030, 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
3.8
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
3.9
By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
3.a
Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate
3.b
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
3.c
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
3.d
Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks