Comprehensive Guide to SDGs: Global Health, Poverty, Education & Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A set of targets and plans to make the world a better place, including 169 targets to be achieved by 2030.

Global health

Focuses on the health needs of people around the world, improving health, reducing health differences, and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.

SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing

A goal aimed at ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages.

Maternal mortality

Fewer than 70 per 100,000 live births.

Neonatal mortality

Target to reduce neonatal mortality to 12 per 1,000 live births.

Under-5 mortality

Target to reduce under-5 mortality to 25 per 1,000 live births.

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

A group of diseases that mainly occur in tropical and subtropical environments, common in countries lacking access to safe water and sanitation.

Social Protection Measures

Measures to prevent individuals and families from suffering from poverty due to crises or unexpected events, including healthcare and income security.

Poverty

Relates to deprivation of resources, measured by those living on less than US$2.15 PPP per day (extreme poverty) or less than 50% of the country's average income (relative poverty).

Clean Water

Water that is safe for human consumption, not contaminated with disease-causing pathogens or harmful chemicals.

Sanitation

The provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces.

Gender Equality

When males and females have the same opportunities in society regarding available goods and services.

Food Security

The state in which all persons obtain nutritionally adequate, culturally appropriate, safe food regularly through local non-emergency sources.

Investment in healthcare services

Increase in funding for healthcare services and qualified healthcare staff, especially in low-income countries and small island developing states.

Access to essential medicines

Providing affordable essential medicines and vaccines to populations.

Early warning and risk reduction

Strengthening the capacity of countries for early warning, risk reduction, and management of health and wellbeing risks.

End extreme poverty and hunger

One of the outcomes aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Address diseases and promote health

Another outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Empower women and girls

An outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Tackle climate change

An outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Fight inequalities

An outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Build peaceful societies

An outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Protect human rights

An outcome aimed at by the Sustainable Development Goals.

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

infectious diseases which are transmitted from the environment, including through air, water, food and other infected organisms including other humans.

MICROFINANCE

small lost cost financial services for vulnerable people that involve lost cost loans to develop small businesses.

NO POVERTY

Eradicating extreme poverty globally - people living on less than US$2.15 PPP a day.

ZERO HUNGER

End hunger and ensure access for all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, such as infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food.

QUALITY EDUCATION

Ensure all children complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education.

CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

Ensure everyone has access to safe and affordable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

Develop and implement policies that help support a move to sustainable consumption and production.