2016 was an important year for the global cancer and NCD community. Against the backdrop of work gearing up to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs), 2016 also marked the midpoint between the launch of the World Cancer Declaration targets in 2008 and their delivery in 2025. These targets build towards the Global Action Plan [1] (GAP) 25 by 25 targets and set out the priorities for ca...

I n September 2015, under the leadership of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the international community took a huge step forward for people, the planet, and prosperity with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pave a brave path towards a world of equity and inclusion, health, including sexual and reproductive heal...

2582 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 June 25, 2016 The inclusion of a focus on alcohol consumption within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) illustrates the increased diversity of the new global development agenda. Recognition of alcohol as a development issue refl ects its multiple social and economic impacts as well as the 3·3 million annual deaths, or 5·9% of all global deaths, that result f...

Access to basic drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is vital to improving health and quality of life globally. As discussions on the post-2015 framework and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reach their crucial final phase, WaterAid is calling for WASH to be recognised as a key influential factor to be closely integrated into any health goal and priorities taken up by governmen...