2015

2030 Agenda: Sustainable Development Goal 3

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SDG 3 aims at ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.
Its targets focus in particular
on the reduction of the global maternal mortality ratio,
the end of preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age,
the end of the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis,
water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases as well as the reduction by one third of premature
mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promotion of mental health and
well-being.
SDG 3 also devotes a particular attention to the need of strengthening prevention and treatment of substance
abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol and of halving, by 2020, the number of global
deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
Other targets identify the need to ensure, by 2030, universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care
services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into
national strategies and programmes as well as 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.
It also focuses on the need to substantially reduce by 2030 the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous
chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
The alphabetical targets aim to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, support the research and development of vaccines and
medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries,
provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, 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 and strengthen the capacity of all countries, in
particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health
risks.

2010
Every Woman Every Child
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Every Woman Every Child can be described as an unprecedented global movement mobilizing and consolidating
international and national action by governments, multilateral organizations, private sector and civil society to
address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world.
The movement puts into action the Global Strategy for Womens and Childrens Health, which presents a road
map on how to enhance financing, strengthen policy and improve service on the ground for the most vulnerable
women and children.
The initiative was started by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010,

2002

JPOI (Chapter 6)
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In Chapter 6, devoted to Health and Sustainable Development, the JPOI reprises the Rio Declaration and the
importance it attributes to human beings as the center of concerns for sustainable development. It also recalls
that human beings are entitled to a healthy and productive life, in harmony with nature.
The plan recognizes that the goals of sustainable development can only be achieved in the absence of a high
prevalence of debilitating diseases, while obtaining health gains for the whole population requires poverty
eradication.
Chapter 6 also focus on the need to strengthen the capacity of health-care systems to deliver basic health
services to all in an efficient, accessible and affordable manner aimed at preventing, controlling and treating
diseases, and to reduce environmental health threats, in conformity with human rights and fundamental freedoms
and consistent with national laws and cultural and religious values, and taking into account the reports of relevant
United Nations conferences and summits and of special sessions of the General Assembly.

2001
Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
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In 2001, at the request of Togo, the item entitled 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa was included
in the agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly, (A/55/240 and A/55/240/Add.1).
At the same session, the Assembly proclaimed, with the adoption of Resolution 55/284, "2001-2010 as Decade to
Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa".

2000
Millennium Declaration - Millennium Development Goal 6
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MDG 6 focuses on fighting against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
Its targets aim to halt, by 2015, and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria as well as to achieve by
2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it.

1992
Agenda 21 (Chapter 6)
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In its Chapter 6 - Protecting and Promoting Human Health, Agenda 21 recognizes the intimate interconnection
between health and development.
In its Paragraph 6.1, the Agenda elucidates that both insufficient development leading to poverty and
inappropriate development resulting in over consumption, coupled with an expanding world population, can result
in severe environmental health problems in both developing and developed nations.
Therefore, the Agenda identifies as action items those able to address the primary health needs of the world's
population. The linkage of health, environmental and socio-economic improvements requires intersectoral efforts,
involving education, housing, public works and community groups, including businesses, schools as well as
universities and religious, civic and cultural organizations.

1988

Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988. At that time, polio was paralyzing more than 1000 children
on a daily basis at global level.
Thanks to the cooperation of more than 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, backed by an international
investment of more than US$ 9 billion, more than 2.5 billion children have been immunized against polio since.

1948
WHOs Constitution
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The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) was adopted on 22nd July 1946 and entered into force
on 7th April 1948, on the first World Health Day.