Health as agreed in the Ministerial Declaration
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages is addressed in para 16 of the Ministerial Declaration for both the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It also includes the interlinked SDG 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Para 16 addresses nearly all the targets in SDG 3. The slowness in the decline of maternal mortality and the stark inequalities in newborn and child mortality are noted, (although they were added late in the negotiating process). Infectious diseases are specified, such as tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis, neglected tropical diseases and HIV and AIDS, with the addition of sexually transmitted infections, which, incidentally, are not specifically mentioned in the 2030…
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