GOAL 3: ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR ALL AT ALL AGES
Ensuring healthy lives and聽promoting well-being聽at all ages is essential to sustainable development.听Currently, the world is facing a聽global health crisis聽unlike any other 鈥 COVID-19 is spreading human suffering, destabilizing the global economy and upending the lives of billions of people around the globe.听
Before the pandemic,聽major progress was made in聽improving the health of millions of people.听Significant strides were made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. But more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues. By focusing on providing more efficient funding of health systems, improved sanitation and hygiene, and increased access to physicians, significant progress can be made in helping to save the lives of millions.