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From the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainable

development goals in the post-2015 development agenda

Agenda item 3(b)62nd Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern

MediterraneanKuwait, 58 October 2015

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Outline • MDGs: where are we now?• What are the sustainable development

goals?• Way forward

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MDGs 20002015Goal 1: Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

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MDGs: where are we now?

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MDG 4:Child mortality

MDG 5:Maternal health

Regional decrease Target

Under-five mortality19902015

Maternal mortality19902013

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Eligible people receiving antiretroviral therapy

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Malaria cases

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Tuberculosis incidence(per 100 000 population)

MDGs: where are we now?

MDGs: strengths and gaps

• Measurable and time-bound goals and targets

• Helped to:

• achieve health results • promote global awareness • gain political accountability • improve metrics • encourage community

participation

• UN-led process• Exclusion of health priorities such

as noncommunicable diseases, mental health, and violence and injuries

• Equity, human rights and social determinants of health were not well articulated or monitored

• No implementation framework• Implemented vertically with no

linkage with other MDGs• Late accountability

Gaps Strengths

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Sustainable development goals • In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a new

development agenda for the period 20162030 that includes a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs)

• There are 17 SDGs with 169 associated targets that are supported by three pillars of sustainability:

1. Economic development

2. Environmental protection

3. Social equity

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Sustainable development goals • End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 1

• End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Goal 2

• Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Goal 3

• Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Goal 4

• Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Goal 5

• Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Goal 6

• Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Goal 7

• Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goal 8

• Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal 9

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Sustainable development goals• Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 10

• Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 11

• Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 12

• Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsGoal 13

• Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 14

• Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Goal 15

• Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 16

• Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Goal 17

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• By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100 000 live births

• By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age

• By 2030, end the epidemic of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and other communicable diseases

Unfinished business of the MDGs

• By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable disease through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

• Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol

• By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents

NCDs and injuries

Targets of the health goalEnsure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

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Targets of the health goal

• By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services

• Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

• By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illness from hazardous chemical and air water soil pollution and contamination

Cross-cutting and

systems focused

• Focus on high burden countries, building on the regional initiative “Saving the lives of mothers and children”, and on countries in emergency

• Developing strategic plans for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health for all countries with an equity lens

Reproductive,

maternal, neonatal

and child health

• Increasing treatment coverage of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

• Developing regional action plans for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis

Communicable

diseases

• Implementing the regional framework on noncommunicable diseases

• Implementing the regional framework on mental health• Scaling up cost effective interventions to address road

traffic injuries

Noncommunicabl

e diseases and

injuries

Way forward: regional priorities

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• Implementing the regional framework for action on advancing universal health coverage (population coverage, financial protection and service coverage)

• Ensuring access to quality essential health services and to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines

Universal health coverage

• Adoption of a collaborative multi-agency approach to reduce deaths and illness from all hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination

Environmental health

Way forward: regional priorities

Strengthen health information systems and civil registration :Availability of quality, timely, accessible and reliable disaggregated data

Emergencies

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Way forward• Strong political commitment

• Adequate financing mechanisms

• Multisectoral approach with engagement of all governmental sectors at the highest level

• Inclusive platform and partnership with key stakeholders including civil societies

• Use of new health technologies

• Accountability and close monitoring, using the global and regional targets and indicators that are harmonized with the SDG indicators

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