Good Health and Wellbeing

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

Main Challenges

Changed age structure of the population

Accessibility to services and care 

Chronic illnesses associated with lifestyle choices

Accessibility to new medications and overuse of certain pharmaceuticals

Costs of healthcare

Understaffed healthcare facilities

Good Health and Wellbeing

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

Main Challenges

Changed age structure of the population

Accessibility to services and care 

Chronic illnesses associated with lifestyle choices

Accessibility to new medications and overuse of certain pharmaceuticals

Costs of healthcare

Understaffed healthcare facilities

What can we do?

  • Get vaccinated and vaccinate your children.
  • Register as an organ donor.
  • Donate blood.
  • Stay home when you are ill.
  • Dispose of toxic materials properly.
  • Be conscious of your alcohol consumption and reduce alcohol consumption.
  • Stop smoking.
  • Don´t be a traffic menace.
  • Support comprehensive sex education.
  • Use condoms.
  • Take care of your physical and mental well-being and help others to do the same.
  • Go for walks.
  • Do not use studded tires in urban areas.
  • Enjoy nature.
  • Exercise regularly.
  • Be socially active

The United Nations Targets

  • By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
  • By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births.
  • By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases.
  • By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
  • Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
  • By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
  • By 2030, ensure 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.
  • 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.
  • By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
  • Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate.
  • Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all.
  • 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.
  • Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.