Sustainable Development Goal

Guyana From as far back as the 1990s the government of Guyana has taken the decision to promote primary universal health care as the most effective investment and the mechanism for promoting good health and reducing the spread of disease and illness. Guyana believes that public healthcare is a priority that must be provided fairly to all citizens regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or lifestyle (UN, 2019.) Implementation and Monitoring of SDG 3       Over the past decades, the  Co-operative  Republic of  Guyana has prioritized sustainability and development.  The country adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and  Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040  (GSDS), which is Guyana’s long-term development strategy that sets a framework for a ‘green agenda’ within safe and secure borders that emphasizes the need for resilient development for all its citizens. The goal of the GSDS is to de...

  Guatemala       Guatemala has the highest rate of stunting in the Western Hemisphere and the fifth highest rate in the world, with nearly half of all children under five stunted and chronically malnourished. There are several health challenges that limit Guatemala’s growth (USAID, 2020.)  Implementation and Monitoring of SDG 3    In 2016. u nder the leadership of the National Development Council Urban and Rural (Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano y Rural) which is the leading organization for the promotion and participation of society, the government of Guatemala has adapted the 2030 Agenda alongside the National Plan Development K'atun Nuestra Guatemala 2032, in hopes to achieve structural transformations that ensure the right to development for the people of Guatemala. To implement SDG 3, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social) created six different programs that would address d...

Pakistan      Pakistan is the fifth most populous country, with a population of 222,488,588 (Worldmeter, 2020.) A developing country with millions of people is bound to have numerous health issues. Health is particularly important as a large segment of Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line. Therefore the Pakistan government has taken the initiative to tackle the issues this country faces. In 2016, Pakistan became the first country to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of its national development agenda through a National Assembly Resolution.  Implementation and Monitoring of SDG       To start the implementation of SDG 3 a comprehensive National SDG Framework was approved by the National Economic Council (NEC), the country’s highest economic policy-making forum. This Framework sets baselines and targets for SDG indicators and will feed into the SDGs’ Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. The framework is now guiding...

  Philippines       The Philippines is located in the South-East Asia Region. With a population of 110,054,776, this marks as the 13th most populous country in the world (WorldMeter, 2020.) One-fifth of this population live in poverty, meaning that 22,010,955 people don’t have the resources to live a healthy life (WHO, 2017.)   Implemented     Regional Action Agenda on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Western Pacific aligns with existing global and regional strategies and serves as a guide to start the implications of the SDGs for national plans and priorities. This plan follows the framework of Universal Health Coverage: Moving Towards Better Health, endorsed by the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in October 2015. This aims to solve issues related to the healthcare system in countries located in the Western Pacific. Its main goals is to identify and respond to priority health needs by strengthening health sy...

India       Over the years, India has made significant progress in improving the health and well-being of the people. For example, the improvement in vaccination coverage for children between 12-23 months of age helped reduce the infant mortality rates (from 57 in 2005-06 to 41 in 2015-16) and under-five mortality rates (from 74 to 50 over the same period.) Other improvements include the increase of  institutional deliveries, from 38.7% in 2005-06 to 78.9% in 2015-16 (UN, 2017.) Although this process has been a great change in health indicators, there are still various factors that continue to affect the health and lives of the people in India.  Implement and Monitor      To further improve the health and well-being of the people, the United Nations created  The National Health Policy in 2017, which included targets for universalizing primary health care, achieving further reductions in infant and under-5 mortality, preventing premature...