SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL: ZERO HUNGER |
““Ensuring healthy lives and promoting universal well-being is fundamental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”
To ensure healthy living and promote well-being for all at all ages.
- Spending $1 billion on vaccine coverage can save the lives of 1 million children each year.
- The maternal mortality ratio –the proportion of mothers who do not survive childbirth compared to those who do– in developing regions is still 14 times higher than in developed regions.
- Children born poor are almost twice as likely to die before the age of five as those from wealthier families. In addition, children of educated mothers, even with only primary education, are more likely to survive than children of uneducated mothers.
- Today, the world is facing an unprecedented global health crisis, COVID-19, which is proposing a turning point for 21st century health emergency preparedness and investment in vital public services.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has been leading the global effort to address COVID-19 and stresses the coordinated support needed from the international community to rise to the challenge of COVID-19. WHO, together with partners, is also providing guidance and advice to people to take care of their mental health during the pandemic, especially healthcare workers, health facility managers, caregivers, the elderly, the lonely and society more generally.
- Eat a healthy diet, exercise and get enough sleep.
- Vaccinate our children.
- Practise safe sex.
Information on other SDGs
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 4: QUALITY EDUCATION |
