title: Sustainable Development Goals for Monitoring Action to Improve Global Health.
abstract: Women and children compose the largest segment of the more than 1 billion people worldwide who are unable to access needed health care services. To address this and other global health issues, the United Nations brought together world leaders to address growing health inequities, first by establishing the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and more recently establishing Sustainable Development Goals, which are an intergovernmental set of 17 goals consisting of 169 targets with 304 indicators to measure compliance; they were designed to be applicable to all countries. Goal number 3, "Good Health and Well-Being: Ensure Heathy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages," includes targets to improve the health of women and newborns.
authors: Sandra K
authors: SK
authors: Cesario
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: global health; health indicators; sustainable development goals; women's health