Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Since the creation of the Millennium Development Goals there have been historic achievements in reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and tackling HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases. In 15 years, the number of people newly infected by HIV each year has dropped from 3.1 million to 2 million and over 6.2 million lives were saved from malaria. Since 1990, maternal mortality fell by 45 percent, and worldwide there has been an over 50 percent decline in preventable child deaths globally.
Despite this incredible progress, AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, and 22 million people living with HIV are not accessing life-saving antiretroviral therapy. New HIV infections continue to rise in some locations and in populations that are typically excluded or marginalized.
Chronic and catastrophic disease remains one of the main factors that push households from poverty into deprivation. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose a large burden on human health worldwide. Currently, 63% of all deaths worldwide stem from NCDs – chiefly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. The cumulative economic losses to low- and middle-income countries from the four diseases are estimated to surpass US$ 7 trillion by 2025. Additionally, there continues to be underinvestment in the social circumstances and environmental factors affecting health. The job on HIV and health is far from done.
Recognizing the interdependence of health and development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an ambitious, comprehensive plan of action for people, planet and prosperity and for ending the injustices that underpin poor health and development outcomes.
SDG 3 aspires to ensure health and well-being for all, including a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. It also aims to achieve universal health coverage, and provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all. Supporting research and development for vaccines is an essential part of this process as well as expanding access to affordable medicines.
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
By 2030 reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
Indicator : 3.1.1 Maternal Mortality Ratio
Data Providers : (1) SVRS, BBS, SID (2) BMMS, NIPORT, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.1.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
Data Providers : (1) MICS, BBS, SID (2) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW (3) BMMS, NIPORT, MoHFW (4) UESD, NIPORT, MoHFW
By 2030 end preventable deaths of newborns and under-5 children
Indicator : 3.2.1 Under-5 mortality rate
Data Providers : (1) SVRS, BBS, SID (2) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.2.2 Neonatal Mortality Rate
Data Providers : (1) SVRS, BBS, SID (2) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW
By 2030 end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases, and other communicable diseases
Indicator : 3.3.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population (by age group, sex and key populations)
Data Providers : (1) NASP, DGHS, MoHFW (2) IEDCR, MoHFW (3) UNAIDS
Indicator : 3.3.2 Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
Data Providers : (1) HMSS, BBS, SID (2) NTP, DGHS, MoHFW (3) WHO
Indicator : 3.3.3 Malaria incident cases per 1,000 persons per year
Data Providers : (1) HMSS, BBS, SID (2) MCP, DGHS, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.3.4 Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 population
Data Providers : (1) HMSS, BBS, SID (2) CDC Unit, DGHS, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.3.5 Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases
Data Providers : (1) CDC Unit, DGHS, MoHFW (2) WHO
By 2030 reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through prevention and treatment, and promote mental health and well being
Indicator : 3.4.1 Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
Data Providers : (1) NCDC Unit, DGHS, MoHFW (2) MIS, DGHS, MoHFW (3) SVRS, BBS, SID (4) WHO
Indicator : 3.4.2 Suicide mortality rate
Data Providers : (1) BP, MoHA (2) NIPORT, MoHFW
Strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
Indicator : 3.5.1 Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
Data Providers : (1) DNC, SSD, MoHA (2) MIS, DGHS, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.5.2 Harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in liters of pure alcohol
Data Providers : (1) DNC, SSD, MoHA (2) WHO
By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
Indicator : 3.6.1 Death rate due to road traffic injuries
Data Providers : (1) BP, MoHA (2) MIS, DGHS, MoHFW (3) BRTA, RTHD (4) SVRS, BBS, SID
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
Indicator : 3.7.1 Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
Data Providers : (1) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW (2) MICS, BBS, SID (3) SVRS, BBS, SID
Indicator : 3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14; aged 15-19) per 1,000 women in that age group
Data Providers : (1) SVRS, BBS, SID (2) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW (3) MICS, BBS, SID
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
Indicator : 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population)
Data Providers : (1) DGHS, MoHFW (2) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW (3) HEU, MoHFW (4) WHO
Indicator : 3.8.2 Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income
Data Providers : (1) HIES, BBS, SID (2) HSD, HEU, MoHFW
By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
Indicator : 3.9.1 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
Data Providers : (1) DGHS, MoHFW (2) DIFE, MoLE (3) WHO
Indicator : 3.9.2 Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) services)
Data Providers : (1) DGHS, MoHFW (2) WHO (3) HMSS, BBS, SID (4) SVRS, BBS, SID
Indicator : 3.9.3 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
Data Providers : (1) DGHS, MoHFW (2) WHO
Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate
Indicator : 3.a.1 Age - standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 1 5 years and older
Data Providers : (1) GAT Survey, BBS, SID (2) WHO
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, 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
Indicator : 3.b.1 Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
Data Providers : (1) BDHS, NIPORT, MoHFW (2) DGHS, MoHFW
Indicator : 3.b.2 Total net official development assistance to the medical research and basic health sectors
Data Providers : (1) ERD (2) MoHFW
Indicator : 3.b.3 Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
Data Providers : (1) BHFS, NIPORT, MoHFW
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
Indicator : 3.c.1 Health worker density and distribution
Data Providers : (1) MIS, DGHS, MoHFW (2) WHO
Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
Indicator : 3.d.1 International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
Data Providers : (1) NHCMC&CR, DGHS, MoHFW (2) WHO
Facts and Figures
400 million
At least 400 million people have no basic healthcare, and 40 percent lack social protection.
1.6 billion
More than 1.6 billion people live in fragile settings where protracted crises, combined with weak national capacity to deliver basic health services, present a significant challenge to global health.
15 million
By the end of 2017, 21.7 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral therapy. Yet more than 15 million people are still waiting for treatment.
2 seconds
Every 2 seconds someone aged 30 to 70 years dies prematurely from noncommunicable diseases - cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes or cancer
7 million
7 million people die every year from exposure to fine particles in polluted air.
1 in 3
More than one of every three women have experienced either physical or sexual violence at some point in their life resulting in both short- and long-term consequences for their physical, mental, and sexual and reproductive health.