Sustainable Development Goal

  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...

  Afghanistan  Implement and Monitor  The United Nations has created an agenda that would address a radical new approach to transforming the world. This agenda would focus on sustainable development, peace, justice and institutions. This plan is called The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmen t, and its overall goal is to “leaving no one behind” (UN, 2017, para 1.) Afghanistan has taken part in The Agenda. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) has affirmed its commitment to attaining the SDGs. To monitor this agenda, GoIRA has designated the Ministry of Economy (MoEc) as the lead line ministry. MoEc is in charge of coordinating and reporting the Afghanistan SDGs. The High Council of Ministers (HCM) will work to ensure the implementation of the Afghanistan SDGs, and stronger cooperation with the private sector, civil society and community organizations (UN, 2017.) This agenda works to address all the Sustainable Goals.  For the SDG 3, ensurin...