Sustainable Development Goal 3


Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

This is the priority objective related to health, although there are others similarly linked. It is made up of 13 Targets and 27 indicators.

There are certain problems in dealing with the coherence of SDG 3 and with disparate targets that include health care strategies, the fight against diseases and the management of health care systems, which also influence and overlap each other.

The World Health Organisation has focused on Target 3.8, and achieving universal health care, which helps to improve this coherence issue. That said, in the United Nations report on the progress of the 2020 SDGs, SDG 3 appears as one of the goals which, despite the advances made in recent years, still has a long way to go.


Humanitarian Action

A diverse set of aid actions for disaster victims (caused by natural disasters or armed conflicts) that aim to alleviate suffering ...

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

An Action Plan adopted in 2015 by the UN General Assembly for people, planet and prosperity ...

Official Development Assistance – ODA

A flow provided by official organisations aimed at countries that appear on the Development Assistance Committee’s list of recipients ...

Universal Health Coverage – UHC

The goal of UHC is to ensure all people receive the health services they need, without suffering financial hardship to pay for them ...

Development Assistance Committee – DAC

A unique international forum for many of the main aid providers. Today it has 30 members ...

International Development Cooperation

A set of actions carried out by public and private organisations contributing to human and sustainable development ...

Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out 17 Goals addressing economic, social and environmental spheres ...

Sustainable Development Goal 3

This is the priority objective related to health, although there are others similarly linked ...

Gross National Income – GNI

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out 17 Goals addressing economic, social and environmental spheres ...