Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Good Health & Well-Being


Great strides have been made in improving people’s health in recent years. 146 out of 200 countries or areas have already met or are on track to meet the SDG target on under-5 mortality. Effective HIV treatment has cut global AIDS-related deaths by 52 per cent since 2010 and at least one neglected tropical disease has been eliminated in 47 countries.

However, inequalities in health care access still persist. The COVID-19 pandemic and other ongoing crises have impeded progress towards Goal 3. Childhood vaccinations have experienced the largest decline in three decades, and tuberculosis and malaria deaths have increased compared with pre-pandemic levels.

The Sustainable Development Goals make a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. The aim is to achieve universal health coverage, and provide access to safe and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.

To overcome these setbacks and address long-standing health care shortcomings, increased investment in health systems is needed to support countries in their recovery and build resilience against future health threats.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

World Organization for Early Childhood Education

OMEP 1948 Buenos Aires Argentina C y

World Organization for Research and Development into the Therapeutic Use of Motion Pictures

1988 London UK G

World Organization of Family Doctors

WONCA 1970 Brussels Belgium B

World Organization of Talented Children

WOTC 1995 Chisinau Moldova D

World Organization of the Scout Movement

WOSM 1907 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia B

World ORT

WO 1880 London UK C

World Orthopaedic Concern

WOC 1975 F

World Ovarian Cancer Coalition

2016 C

World Packaging Organisation

WPO 1968 Vienna Austria C y

World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition

WPCC 2014 C y

World ParaVolley

1994 C

World Parkinson Coalition

WPC 2004 New York NY USA F c

World Pensions Council

WPC J

World Pharmacists

1997 Athens Greece G v

World Pickleball Federation

WPF C

World Pranic Healers Foundation

WPHF 1990 Manila Philippines N f

World Prematurity Network

2011 Munich Germany F y

World Processing Tomato Council

WPTC 1998 Avignon France D

World Professional Association For Transgender Health

WPATH 1979 E

World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation

WRETF 1965 London UK G f

World Recreation Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

WRAD 1985 Quartz Hill CA USA D

World Reference Laboratory for Foot and Mouth Diseases

WRLFMD 1958 Pirbright UK G

World Rehabilitation Alliance

WRA 2022 J y

World Relief

1944 Baltimore MD USA G

World Relief Refugee Services

WRRS Baltimore MD USA G

World Renew

1962 Burlington ON Canada G

World Rowing

1892 Lausanne Switzerland B y

World Safety and Accidents Prevention Congress

Manila Philippines S c

World Safety Organization

WSO 1975 Warrensburg MO USA F

World Services for the Blind

WSB 1947 Little Rock AR USA G

World Shiology Forum

WSF 2017 Beijing China J

World Silambam Association

WSA 1999 Petaling Jaya Malaysia G

World Skate

1924 Lausanne Switzerland C y

World Small Animal Veterinary Association

WSAVA 1959 Dundas ON Canada B y

World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

WSPCHS C

World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

WSSFN 1963 Toronto ON Canada B v

World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine

WOSAAM Brussels Belgium G

World Society of Emergency Surgery

WSES 2007 Bologna Italy C

World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

WSPOS Dublin Ireland C y

World Society of Pain Clinicians

WSPC Breda Netherlands D

World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

WSPID 1994 Stellenbosch South Africa B y

World Spine Care

WSC 2008 Toronto ON Canada C

World Squash Federation

WSF 1966 Hastings UK B y

world stainless association

worldstainless 1995 Brussels Belgium F y

World Steel Association

worldsteel 1967 Brussels Belgium C t

World Stroke Organization

WSO 2006 Geneva Switzerland C y

World Sugar Research Organisation

WSRO 1978 Cambridge UK C

World Summit on Media for Children Foundation

WSMCF 1999 Fitzroy VIC Australia F f

World Summit on Pediatrics

WSP 2015 S c

World T'ai Chi and QiGong Association

WTCQA 1998 Overland Park KS USA N

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