scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals and Technological Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
David Mayer-Foulkes ◽  
Edson Serván-Mori ◽  
Gustavo Nigenda
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Technological Capacity ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Sustainable Health ◽  
Health Agenda

In order to achieve the Sustainable Development and Health Goals, it is essential to increase the technological capacity of the most disadvantaged populations. In the 21st century, the necessary technologies for this exist. The gap in technological capacity reflects the existence of a technological gradient between large- and smallscale production, due to an absence of incentives for innovation and a lack of technological dissemination in small businesses and communities. Technological change is central to development, but it is a public good that the market economy does not provide efficiently. Providing it requires the implementation of public policies aimed at technological innovation and dissemination. Reducing the technological gradient is therefore a major part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Pan American Health Organization’s 2018-2030 Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas. This also applies to the development of health systems, which function as a redistribution mechanism to break poverty traps. In addition, experiences in these systems are relevant to the implementation of policies that increase technological capacities aimed at reducing poverty, improving social determinants of health, and thereby reducing the scale of the human development trap.

The role of Global Health Diplomacy in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-471
Author(s):  
Giorgi Buzaladze ◽  
Andrew Defor
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Health Diplomacy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Diplomacy ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Development Goals

Global Health Diplomacy has been instrumental in achieving many of the world’s global health goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals. The new Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious, and all tools need to be employed to make sure they are achieved by the 2030 deadline. This paper reviews the successes and failures of the health-related Millennium Development Goals. It uses the lessons learned to put forward a sustainable approach toward the Sustainable Development Goals, and explores the role of Global Health Diplomacy in advancing the health goals.

scholarly journals Equity in Health Policy Assessment: Region of the Americas

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Equity In Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Health ◽  
Health Agenda

The Region of the Americas has prioritized the achievement of health equity—“the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether these groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically” (WHO)—both through regional agreements, such as the Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas (2017), and by reporting progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the Sustainable Development Goals) (2015). Public sector policy is the principal initial lever through which both national and local governments institute and finance actions toward accelerating the achievement of equity in health. This study assessed 32 national health plans to report on whether and how countries in the Region are integrating the achievement of health equity into strategic lines of action in the health sector. It provides a snapshot of approaches and advances, allowing for knowledge sharing among countries on options for attention to equity in health policy. It will also facilitate future monitoring of trends in the integration of health equity aims and approaches in policies. The study found that stated overall commitments to health equity are common, as are commitments toward the disaggregation of data and monitoring of inequalities, while other elements of health equity like, for example, the identification of populations in situations of vulnerability, receive less attention. While further study is needed on the implementation and impacts of approaches in specific programmatic actions, the study provides useful insights to inform efforts for a stronger framework for health equity action toward the Region’s goals for 2030.

scholarly journals Standardisation of Halal Industry towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (Penyeragaman Industri Halal ke arah Matlamat Pembangunan yang Mampan (SDG))

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-198
Author(s):  
Saheed Abdullahi Busari ◽  
Miszairi Sitiris
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Economic Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Health ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the prospects and challenges of the halal industry towards achieving health, environmental, social and economic sustainable development goal. This study relies on qualitative approach to gather data from secondary sources. The paper uses doctrinal approach to analyse the relationship between halal industry, maqāṣid sharīʿah and the sustainable development goals. The increase in demand for halal products is due to greater awareness and religious consciousness of most consumers, particularly among Muslim nations. However, there have been rising concerns about how halal industry can achieve sustainable health, environment, social and economy development goals. Even though halal industry assures halal (permissible) food by forbidding swine and alcohol businesses, it also entails an end to end ṭayyib (wholesomeness) of the products and services for a sustainable ecosystem as imbedded in maqāṣid sharīʿah. This paper explicates useful issues and challenges that principal institutions of the halal industry need to address to achieve halal sustainable development goals.  Keywords: Standardization, Ḥalālan, Ṭayyiban, Maqāsid Shariah, Fatwā, Sustainable Development Goals.                                        Abstrak Tujuan kajian ini dibuat adalah untuk menganalisis prospek dan cabaran industri halal ke arah mencapai matlamat pembangunan mampan sama ada dari segi kesihatan, alam sekitar, sosial dan ekonomi. Kajian ini mengaplikasikan kaedah kualitatif melalui pengumpulan data dari sumber sekunder. Ia menggunakan pendekatan doktrin di dalam menganalisa hubungan di antara industri halal, maqāṣid sharīʿah dan matlamat pembangunan mampan. Peningkatan permintaan terhadap produk halal adalah disebabkan oleh kefahaman serta kesedaran agama yang tinggi di kalangan pengguna, terutamanya di kalangan negara-negara Islam. Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat kebimbangan yang semakin meningkat berhubung bagaimana industri halal boleh mencapai matlamat kesihatan, alam sekitar, sosial dan pembangunan ekonomi yang mampan. Walaupun industri halal memberi jaminan makanan halal (dibenarkan) dengan melarang perniagaan babi dan alkohol, ia juga melibatkan jaminan hujung ke hujung (keseluruhan proses) adalah produk serta perkhidmatan yang ṭayyib bagi mewujudkan ekosistem yang mampan sebagaimana termaktub di dalam maqāṣid sharīʿah. Kajian ini menerangkan isu-isu serta cabaran yang perlu ditangani oleh institusi-institusi utama dalam industri halal untuk mencapai matlamat pembangunan halal yang mampan. Kata Kunci:  Penstandardan, Ḥalālan, Ṭayyiban, Maqāsid Shariah, Fatwā, Matlamat Pembangunan yang Mampan.

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