What is Goal 3?
Goal 3, established by the United Nations, aims to ensure health and well-being for all people at all stages of life. The goal is to improve reproductive, maternal, and child health, to end HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases epidemics, to reduce noncommunicable and environmental diseases, to achieve universal health coverage, and to ensure universal access to safe, affordable, and effective medicines and vaccines. To that purpose, world leaders agreed to funding research and development, increasing health spending, and strengthening all countries' capabilities to reduce and manage health risks.
The number of childhood deaths has been cut in half during the last 15 years. This demonstrates that it is feasible to defeat practically any sickness. Nonetheless, we waste a staggering amount of money and energy addressing illnesses that are surprisingly simple to avoid. The new global Good Health aim supports healthy lives, preventive measures, and contemporary, efficient healthcare for everybody.
Anyone can contribute to achieving the Global Goals. Use these thirteen goals to inspire action to achieve overall health and well-being.
REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY
Reduce worldwide maternal mortality to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.
END ALL PREVENTABLE DEATHS UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE
End preventable deaths among newborns and children under the age of five by 2030, with all nations aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1,000 live births and under5 mortality to at least 25 per 1,000 live births.
FIGHT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
End AIDS, TB, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases epidemics by 2030, and tackle hepatitis, water-borne infections, and other communicable diseases.
REDUCE MORTALITY FROM NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH
Reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by one-third by 2030 through prevention and treatment, and increase mental health and well-being.
PREVENT AND TREAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Improve substance abuse prevention and treatment, especially narcotic drug addiction and hazardous alcohol use.
REDUCE ROAD INJURIES AND DEATHS
Reduce the global number of road traffic deaths and injuries by half.
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE CARE, FAMILY PLANNING AND EDUCATION
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including family planning, information and education, and the incorporation of reproductive health into national policies and programs, by 2030.
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
Achieve universal health coverage for all, including financial risk protection, access to excellent necessary health-care services, and safe, effective, high-quality, and cheap essential medicines and vaccines.
REDUCE ILLNESSES AND DEATH FROM HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION
Reduce the number of deaths and diseases caused by hazardous substances, as well as pollution and contamination of the air, water, and soil, by 2030.
IMPLEMENT THE WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL
As appropriate, strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all nations.
SUPPORT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE VACCINES AND MEDICINES
Support research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases primarily affecting developing countries, and provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms developing countries' right to fully utilize the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibility.
INCREASE HEALTH FINANCING AND SUPPORT HEALTH WORKFORCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Increase health financing and health workforce recruitment, development, training, and retention in developing nations, particularly in LDCs and small island developing states.
IMPROVE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS
Improve all countries' capacity for early warning, risk reduction, and management of national and global health concerns, particularly poor countries.
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