{"id":21384,"date":"2023-07-15T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.gstic.org\/?post_type=story&p=21384"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:01:06","slug":"health-as-a-central-driver-of-sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/expert-story\/health-as-a-central-driver-of-sustainable-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Health as a central driver of sustainable development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If we were to pick one word to describe 2023, \u2018decisive\u2019 would be a strong candidate. This year marks the halfway point to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda and its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unfortunately, according to the UN General Assembly SDG Progress Report, many of the SDGs are moderately to severely off track, meaning it is time to ring the alarm and press for an urgent and fundamental shift toward a better path. Although the world was already behind on its SDG endeavors before the Covid-19 outbreak, the pandemic indeed added further obstacles to this trembling process. The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities and set back progress in crucial areas, such as education, nutrition, poverty, human rights, climate change, and biodiversity protection. The last three years represent an exemplary case of how a major health catastrophe can trigger a systematic crisis that affects every single aspect of our lives, societies, and economies in all corners of the world. It is yet another reason not to overlook the role of health as a central driver of the 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n