‘Leaving no-one behind’: how community health workers can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Leaving no one behind: a neglected tropical disease indicator and tracers for the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have emerged as a global pledge to 'leave no one behind'. Under SDG 3, 'Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all', target 3.3 extends the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) beyond HIV, TB and malaria to 'end the epidemic' of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2030. Other targets are also relevant to NTDs, especially 3.8 (Universal Health Co...

Research on community-based health workers is needed to achieve the sustainable development goals

Editorials 786 " Leaving no-one behind " is a rallying call to remind us of the need to ensure everybody benefits from the drive to achieve the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development goals (SDGs). Building on the considerable progress made regarding the millennium development goals, there is a need for a comprehensive and coordinated effort to scale up effective interventions. 1 Achieving univ...

Community–based primary health care: a core strategy for achieving sustainable development goals for health

How Patent Information Can Contribute to Sustainable Development

Intellectual property rights are an important driver of innovation and productivity in the knowledge-based economy. In particular, intellectual property rights in the form of patents may also be a valuable source of technical and scientific information and ideas on how to address environmental and health and safety concerns associated with industrial activity. In the network age, many smalland ...

How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health: A Response to Gagnon and Colleagues