Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
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 |
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World Taekwondo |
1973 | Seoul | Korea Rep | B | ||
World Toilet Association |
WTA | 2007 | Suwon | Korea Rep | D | |
World Toilet Organization |
WTO | 2001 | Singapore | Singapore | D | |
World Trade Organization |
WTO | 1995 | Geneva | Switzerland | B | gt |
World Union of Tissue Banking Associations |
WUTBA | 2005 | Hannover | Germany | C | y |
World Union of Wound Healing Societies |
WUWHS | 2000 | Turin | Italy | C | |
World Urban Parks |
2015 | Edmonton AB | Canada | C | ||
World Uro Oncology Federation |
WUOF | 2005 | Toronto ON | Canada | C | y |
World Values Survey Association |
WVSA | 1981 | Vienna | Austria | C | |
World Veterinary Association |
WVA | 1959 | Brussels | Belgium | A | y |
World Villages for Children |
1964 | London | UK | N | ||
World Vision International |
WVI | 1950 | London | UK | B | |
World Water Council |
WWC | 1996 | Marseille | France | C | y |
World Welfare Association |
WWA | 1991 | Mananwala | Pakistan | G | |
World Wellness Weekend |
WWW | 2017 | J | |||
World Wide Hearing |
WWHearing | 2003 | Montréal QC | Canada | E | |
World Wood Day Foundation |
WWDF | 2013 | F | f | ||
World Young Women's Christian Association |
World YWCA | 1855 | Le Grand-Saconnex | Switzerland | B | |
World's Children |
1965 | Corvallis OR | USA | N | ||
WorldFish |
1975 | Bayan Lepas | Malaysia | E | ||
WorldGranny |
2004 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | G | ||
Worldshare |
Seoul | Korea Rep | G | |||
WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network |
WWARN | 2008 | Oxford | UK | C | |
Worldwide Cancer Research |
1979 | Edinburgh | UK | N | ||
Worldwide Collaborations on Autism Needs |
WeCAN | Singapore | Singapore | N | ||
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance |
WHPCA | 2008 | London | UK | C | y |
Worldwide Life Quality Enhancement Association |
Martigny | Switzerland | G | |||
Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
WBMT | 2007 | Liebefeld | Switzerland | E | y |
Worldwide Support for Development |
WSD | Tokyo | Japan | G | ||
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society |
WOCN | 1969 | Mount Laurel NJ | USA | N | v |
WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
SPS agreement | 1993 | T | g | ||
XLPDR International Association |
2012 | Valbrona | Italy | G | ||
Y Care International |
1984 | London | UK | G | ||
YAAKAARE REDHRCC |
1997 | Geneva | Switzerland | G | ||
YOU Stiftung - Bildung für Kinder in Not |
YOU Foundation | 1992 | Düsseldorf | Germany | G | f |
Young People We Care |
YPWC | Kumasi | Ghana | G | ||
YOUROPE - The European Festival Association |
1998 | Bonn | Germany | D | ||
Youth Cancer Europe |
YCE | 2015 | F | f | ||
Youth Coalition |
YCSRR | 1999 | Ottawa ON | Canada | F | |
Youth Express Network |
Y-E-N | 1993 | Strasbourg | France | F | |
Youth Organisations for Drug Action |
YODA | 2011 | D | |||
Youthvoice Worldwide |
YVW | London | UK | N | ||
ZOA |
1973 | Apeldoorn | Netherlands | G |