scholarly journals Arms sales and child health

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e000809
Author(s):  
Andrew Feinstein ◽  
Imti Choonara
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Arms Sales ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

The adverse effects of armed conflict on child health are well recognised. The relationships among the arms trade, armed conflict and child health are less clearly defined. The arms trade is one of the largest industries in the world (total expenditure US$1917 billion in 2019), generating colossal profits to private companies and individuals at the expense of taxpayers throughout the world. The money wasted on weapons designed to kill and maim should be used for more socially useful products, such as clean water, food, health and education. The sustainable development goals can be funded by diverting money from the arms companies. Health professionals and their organisations have a responsibility to children to try and curb the ever-expanding arms industry.

scholarly journals Maternal and child health in Bangladesh: a critical look at the policy and the sustainable development goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Newaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Expected Improvement ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

Based on secondary analysis, this paper places a critical discussion looking back in history of maternal health achievements by Bangladesh, future adaptability and potentials forwarding to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by United Nations. Since the transition from MDGs to SDGs, Bangladesh achieved a many progress in maternal health development but still grappling with many structural and cultural barriers. Implementation of policy documents in community level, lack of better infrastructure, health bureaucracy induced delays, culture of absenteeism among practitioners and lack good health governance are some major challenges still hindering a fostered progress in achieving the expected improvement in maternal and child health condition in community and broader level. Evidences discussed in this paper suggests that, the clauses related to implementation and maintenance need to be stronger in the maternal health policy for future direction and sustainable progress in maternal health. The policy should act in practice, not as a document, to improve maternal health and reducing mortality that would finally speed up the progress in achieving SDGs target in more pragmatic sense.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. September 2017, 3(3): 298-304

Maternal Health and the Sustainable Development Goals – A new focus for the world and for our region

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 344
Author(s):  
Caroline Homer
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Island Region ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Mdg 4 ◽  
And Child Health

By the year 2015, we had all become very familiar with the Millennium Development Goals and many countries were used to reporting their health indicators using MDGs. For those of us working in maternal and child health, in many ways, there was a simple direction to our reporting – we predominately focussed on MDG 4 (child health), MDG 5 (maternal health) and MDG 6 (HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases including tuberculosis). Across the Pacific Island region, there was reported to be good progress from 1990 to 2015 in reducing maternal mortality, with only fair progress in reducing child mortality, ensuring access to reproductive health and poor progress in the halt and reversal of the spread of TB. Clearly, we all still have work to do in our region especially to improve maternal health.

scholarly journals Effective nutrition education and communication for sustainable maternal and child health

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-515
Author(s):  
Mary W. Murimi ◽  
Ana Florencia Moyeda-Carabaza
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Target Population ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Mdg 4 ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
The Continuum

Maternal and child health (MCH) consists of an interdependent reproductive system that collectively determines the survival of the mother during childbirth, and determines the health and survival of the child. This interdependency underscores the importance of appropriate and timely interventions during pregnancy through the first 1000 d at the minimum. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) recommended the use of the continuum of care for the development of interventions by addressing all the stages of MCH. The purpose of the present paper is to review the factors that contributed to the attainment of the MDG 4 and MDG 5 by analysing the interventions conducted by the countries that achieved at least 5·0 and 5·5 %, respectively, and determine the level of their intervention based on the MCH conceptual framework. Out of the eighteen selected countries discussed, fifteen countries achieved their target for either MDG 4 or MDG 5 or both, while three countries did not achieve their target. The countries that were more likely to achieve their targets addressed the societal, underlying and direct causes, and implemented country wide policies. In contrast, the countries that did not succeed were more likely to address the direct causes with poor policy implementation. Understanding the motivation and limitations of the target population, including nutrition education and targeting behaviour change has the potential to result in sustainable MCH. This information has the potential to enlighten the policymakers as we progress to the sustainable development goals, specifically goals 2 and 3.

scholarly journals Evaluating maternal and child health indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals in 2018: what is Iran’s position?

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. e2019045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Khatooni ◽  
Isa Akbarzadeh ◽  
Elham Abdalmaleki ◽  
Zhaleh Abdi ◽  
Elham Ahmadnezhad
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

OBJECTIVES: Since many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were not achieved, countries including Iran—despite achieving some of the MDGs—need regular planning to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This article examines maternal and child health indicators in the early years of the SDGs in Iran relative to several other countries.METHODS: This study was carried out through a secondary analysis of maternal and child health indicators in Iran. The results were compared with data from other countries divided into three groups: countries with upper-middle income levels, countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and the countries covered by the Outlook Document 1,404 (a regional classification). Then, the relationship between these indicators and the Human Development Index was investigated.RESULTS: Iran has attained better results than other countries with respect to maternal mortality, family planning, skilled birth attendance, under-5 deaths, incidence of hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination coverage, and antenatal care. In contrast, Iran performed worse than other countries with respect to under-5 wasting, under-5 stunting, and care-seeking behavior for children.CONCLUSIONS: Overall, among the 11 indicators surveyed, Iran has attained better-than-average results and seems to be improving. We recommend that Iran continue interventions in the field of maternal and child health.

Maternal, newborn, and child health and the Sustainable Development Goals—a call for sustained and improved measurement

The Lancet ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 386 (10003) ◽  
pp. 1511-1514 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Grove ◽  
Mariam Claeson ◽  
Jennifer Bryce ◽  
Agbessi Amouzou ◽  
Ties Boerma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Newborn And Child Health ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

Political Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Chris G. Pope ◽  
Meng Ji ◽  
Xuemei Bai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

The chapter argues that whether or not the world is successful in attaining sustainability, political systems are in a process of epoch-defining change as a result of the unsustainable demands of our social systems. This chapter theorizes a framework for analyzing the political “translation” of sustainability norms within national polities. Translation, in this sense, denotes the political reinterpretation of sustainable development as well as the national capacities and contexts which impact how sustainability agendas can be instrumentalized. This requires an examination into the political architecture of a national polity, the norms that inform a political process, socioecological contexts, the main communicative channels involved in the dissemination of political discourse and other key structures and agencies, and the kinds of approaches toward sustainability that inform the political process. This framework aims to draw attention to the ways in which global economic, political, and social systems are adapting and transforming as a result of unsustainability and to further understanding of the effectiveness of globally diffused sustainability norms in directing that change.

scholarly journals Objectives, Keys and Results in the Water Networks to Reach the Sustainable Development Goals

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1268
Author(s):  
Angel Valentin Mercedes Garcia ◽  
Petra Amparo López-Jiménez ◽  
Francisco-Javier Sánchez-Romero ◽  
Modesto Pérez-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Pumping Stations ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

The world is continuously searching for ways to improve how water is used for energy. As the population increases, so do the needs for natural resources and, in turn, the needs for energy. This research sought to show how the world has tried to achieve more sustainable forms of pressurized water distribution and to show the results that have been obtained. In this sense, technologies have been used for the production of clean energy, energy recovery instead of dissipation, reprogramming of pumping stations and hybrid systems. In many cases, much lower water and energy requirements are achieved and, in turn, greenhouse gas emissions related to water use are reduced. Sixty-one different water systems were analyzed considering different energy, economic and environmental indicators. The different operation range of these indicators were defined according to sustainable indicators.

PRINSIP DAN PENERAPAN MANAJEMEN PROYEK LINGKUNGAN PADA PROYEK-PROYEK DI INDONESIA DALAM RANGKA MEWUJUDKAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Sang Ayu Made Regitha Megaartha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Environmental Technology ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Waste Air ◽  
Development Goals

The  The World Environment Conference in Stockholm in 1972 became clear evidence that environmental problems began to be a concern of various countries around the world, including Indonesia. Humans can not continue to exploit environment for resources and landfills. Environmental project management includes sustainable development aimed at improving the welfare of the community, conserving available natural resources, and ensuring the sustainability of the life of the surrounding environment. This concept is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals which are peace and prosperity for humans and earth, for now and in the future. Indonesia is not the only country that cares about the environment in accordance with the goals of the SGDs. Philippines divides project-affected communities into direct and indirect affected communities. United Kingdom has The European Union (EU) biodiversity strategy which aims to maintain and restore ecosystems. Denmark has The Innovation Network for Environmental Technology (Inno-MT) which is a partnership that supports projects related to waste, air, water and soil. This study aims to understand the principles of sustainable development related to environmental project management and its implementation in Indonesia. In addition, the researcher lists the actions taken by other countries regarding environmental project management to get a wider perspective.   Konferensi Lingkungan Hidup Sedunia di Stockholm tahun 1972 menjadi bukti nyata permasalahan lingkungan mulai menjadi perhatian dari berbagai negara di seluruh dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Manusia tidak dapat terus mengeksploitasi lingkungan untuk sumber daya dan tempat pembuangan limbah. Manajemen proyek lingkungan mencakup pembangunan  berkelanjutan yang bertujuan meningkatkan kesejahteraan  masyarakat,  melestarikan  sumber daya alam  yang tersedia, dan  menjamin   keberlangsungan   kehidupan   lingkungan   disekitarnya. Konsep ini sejalan dengan tujuan Sustainable Development Goals yaitu perdamaian dan kemakmuran bagi manusia dan bumi, baik saat ini maupun di masa mendatang. Indonesia bukan satu-satunya negara yang peduli mengenai lingkungan sesuai dengan tujuan SGDs. Negara-negara yang menandatangani PBB juga melakukan hal yang sama. Filipina membagi masyarakat terdampak proyek menjadi masyarakat terkena dampak langsung dan tidak langsung.  Inggris memiliki The Eurpean Union (EU) biodiversity strategy yang bertujuan untuk mempertahankan dan memulihkan ekosistem. Denmark memiliki The Innovation Network for Environmental Technology (Inno-MT) yaitu kemitraan yang mendukung proyek yang berhubungan dengan limbah, udara, air dan tanah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk  memahami prinsip-prinsip yang digunakan  dalam rangka pembangunan berkelanjutan yang berkaitan dengan manajemen proyek lingkungan dan pengimplementasiannya di Indonesia. Selain itu, peneliti mencantumkan tindakan-tindakan yang dilakukan oleh negara lain terkait manajemen proyek lingkungan untuk mendapatkan sudut pandang yang lebih luas

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