The Sustainable Development Goals (namely the “SDGs”) are a set of 17 objectives agreed by the United Nations as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. They aim at solving a large variety of issues, among health, poverty, climate change, energy, water, etc.
Until now, we have made great progress against several leading causes of death and disease. Life expectancy has increased dramatically; infant and maternal mortality rates have declined, we’ve turned the tide on HIV and Malaria deaths have halved.

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In general, Goal 3 is aimed at improving good health and well-being all around the world. More in detail (Goal 3.3) Goal 3 aims at ending, by 2030, the epidemics of AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases.

Furthermore, there’s also interest in achieving Goal 3.c “Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States”.