Good Health and Well-Being - The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3

The UN explains: "Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers responsible for the child and maternal mortality.

Major progress has also been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio, and the spread of HIV/AIDS.

However, many more efforts are needed to control a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues."


The UN has defined 13 Targets and 28 Indicators for SDG 3. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.

How is the world doing on this goal?

Posted  updated 9 months ago

Coverage of essential health services - SDG Indicator 3.8.1

Definition: Indicator 3.8.1 is "coverage of essential health services"



Coverage of essential health services is defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population.

One available metric to track progress on this is the Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index, based on death rates from 32 causes of death that could be avoided by timely and effective medical care.

Goal: By 2030 "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".

Household expenditures on health - SDG Indicator 3.8.2

Definition: Indicator 3.8.2 is the "proportion of the population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income".



Goal: By 2030 "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".

Target 3.9: Reduce illnesses and deaths from hazardous chemicals and pollution

UN definition: "By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water, and soil pollution and contamination."

Mortality rate from air pollution - SDG Indicator 3.9.1

Definition: Indicator 3.9.1 is the "mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution".



This is measured as the number of deaths attributed to indoor and outdoor air pollution per 100,000 individuals.

Goal: By 2030 "substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from air pollution". There is, however, not a defined quantitative target level for this indicator.

Mortality rate from unsafe water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) - SDG Indicator 3.9.2

Definition: Indicator 3.9.2 is the "mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, sanitation, and lack of hygiene".



The mortality rate from water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) factors is measured as the number of attributed deaths per 100,000 people.

Goal: By 2030 "substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from water pollution and contamination". There is, however, not a defined quantified target level for this indicator.
 

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning - SDG Indicator 3.9.3

Definition: Indicator 3.9.3 is the "mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning"



This measures the number of deaths per 100,000 people attributed to unintentional exposure to hazardous chemicals or substances.

Goal: By 2030 "substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and soil pollution". There is, however, not a defined quantified target level for this indicator.


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