The document discusses the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the post-2015 development agenda, highlighting the progress made since 2000. It outlines the strengths and gaps of the MDGs and details the 17 SDGs adopted in 2015, along with their associated targets aimed at economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The document emphasizes the importance of political commitment, financing, and multisectoral approaches for successful implementation and accountability.

1. From the Millennium Development
Goals to the sustainable
development goals in the post-
2015 development agenda
Agenda item 3(b)
62nd Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern
Mediterranean
Kuwait, 58 October 2015
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2. Outline
• MDGs: where are we now?
• What are the sustainable development
goals?
• Way forward
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3. MDGs 20002015
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
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4. MDGs: where are we now?
48% 50%
67%
75%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
MDG 4:
Child mortality
MDG 5:
Maternal health
Regional decrease Target
Under-five mortality
19902015
Maternal mortality
19902013
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5. Eligible people
receiving antiretroviral
therapy
2006
5209
2014
37 698
2 000 000
1 000 000
0
1000000
2000000
3000000
2000 2013
Malaria cases
136
121
110
120
130
140
1990 2013
Tuberculosis incidence
(per 100 000 population)
MDGs: where are we now?
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6. MDGs: strengths and gaps
• Measurable and time-bound
goals and targets
• Helped to:
• achieve health results
• promote global awareness
• gain political accountability
• improve metrics
• encourage community
participation
• UN-led process
• Exclusion of health priorities such
as noncommunicable diseases,
mental health, and violence and
injuries
• Equity, human rights and social
determinants of health were not
well articulated or monitored
• No implementation framework
• Implemented vertically with no
linkage with other MDGs
• Late accountability
GapsStrengths
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7. Sustainable development goals
• In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a new
development agenda for the period 20162030 that includes
a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• There are 17 SDGs with 169 associated targets that are
supported by three pillars of sustainability:
1. Economic development
2. Environmental protection
3. Social equity
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8. Sustainable development goals
• End poverty in all its forms everywhereGoal 1
• End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 2
• Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all agesGoal 3
• Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong
learning opportunities for all
Goal 4
• Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girlsGoal 5
• Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all
Goal 6
• Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
for all
Goal 7
• Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full
and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 8
• Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 9
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9. Sustainable development goals
• Reduce inequality within and among countriesGoal 10
• Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainableGoal 11
• Ensure sustainable consumption and production patternsGoal 12
• Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsGoal 13
• Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for
sustainable development
Goal 14
• Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 15
• Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide
access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels
Goal 16
• Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development
Goal 17
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10. From the Millennium Development Goals to the sustainable development goals
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• 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
• By 2030, end the epidemic of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected
tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and
other communicable diseases
Unfinished
business of
the MDGs
• By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from
noncommunicable disease 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
NCDs and
injuries
Targets of the health goal
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

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Targets of the health goal
• By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health
care services
• 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 illness from
hazardous chemical and air water soil pollution and contamination
Cross-cutting
and systems
focused

12. • Focus on high burden countries, building on the regional
initiative “Saving the lives of mothers and children”, and on
countries in emergency
• Developing strategic plans for reproductive, maternal,
neonatal and child health for all countries with an equity
lens
Reproductive,
maternal, neonatal
and child health
• Increasing treatment coverage of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria
• Developing regional action plans for HIV, malaria and
tuberculosis
Communicable
diseases
• Implementing the regional framework on
noncommunicable diseases
• Implementing the regional framework on mental health
• Scaling up cost effective interventions to address road
traffic injuries
Noncommunicable
diseases and
injuries
Way forward: regional priorities
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13. • Implementing the regional framework for action on advancing
universal health coverage (population coverage, financial
protection and service coverage)
• Ensuring access to quality essential health services and to
safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and
vaccines
Universal health
coverage
• Adoption of a collaborative multi-agency approach to
reduce deaths and illness from all hazardous chemicals and
air, water and soil pollution and contamination
Environmental
health
Way forward: regional priorities
Strengthen health information systems and civil registration:
Availability of quality, timely, accessible and reliable disaggregated data
Emergencies
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14. Way forward
• Strong political commitment
• Adequate financing mechanisms
• Multisectoral approach with engagement of all governmental
sectors at the highest level
• Inclusive platform and partnership with key stakeholders
including civil societies
• Use of new health technologies
• Accountability and close monitoring, using the global and
regional targets and indicators that are harmonized with the
SDG indicators
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