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Open Access
01-09-2016 | Introduction
Devolving countdown to countries: using global resources to support regional and national action
Authors:
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Mickey Chopra
Published in:
BMC Public Health
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Special Issue 2/2016
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Excerpt
As the world embarks on the quest to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs), building on the momentum and lessons of the millennium development goals (MDGs), several aspects are clear. The SDGs are deliberately visionary and all-encompassing and in relation to health and nutrition, and include most of the social determinants of health. The health goal is also a much broader goal than the focus on maternal and child health and infectious diseases that was found in the MDGs. Notwithstanding the above, three key aspects of the health goal (SDG 3) related to maternal and child health stand out. …