Health and wellbeing

Health and well-being have a central role in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the United Nations, emphasizing the integral part they play in building a sustainable future. The third SDG explicitly calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. This goal encompasses a wide range of health objectives, from reducing maternal and child mortality rates, combatting disease epidemics, to improving mental health and well-being. But beyond SDG 3, health is intrinsically linked with almost all the other goals.

When addressing SDG 1, which aims to end poverty, one cannot neglect the social determinants of health. Economic hardship often translates into poor nutrition, inadequate housing, and limited access to health care, leading to a vicious cycle of poverty and poor health. Similarly, achieving SDG 2, ending hunger, also contributes to better health through adequate nutrition, essential for physical and mental development and the prevention of various diseases.

Conversely, the repercussions of climate change, encapsulated in SDG 13, profoundly impact health. Rising global temperatures can lead to increased spread of infectious diseases, compromised food and water supplies, and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, all posing severe health risks. Conversely, the promotion of good health can also mitigate climate change through the reduction of carbon-intensive lifestyles and adoption of healthier, more sustainable behaviors.

SDG 5, advocating for gender equality, also has substantial health implications. Ensuring women's access to sexual and reproductive health services not only improves their health outcomes, but also contributes to societal and economic development. Furthermore, achieving SDG 4, quality education, is also critical for health promotion. Education fosters health literacy, empowering individuals to make informed health decisions, hence improving overall community health.

Lastly, SDG 17 underlines the importance of partnerships for achieving these goals. Multi-sector collaboration is vital to integrate health considerations into all policies and practices. Stakeholders from various sectors, including health, education, agriculture, finance, and urban planning, need to align their efforts in creating sustainable environments that foster health and well-being.

Hence, the relationship between health, well-being, and the SDGs is reciprocal. Improving health and well-being helps in achieving sustainable development, and vice versa. In this context, health and well-being are not just outcomes but are also powerful enablers of sustainable development. For the world to truly thrive, it must recognize and act upon these interconnections.

Elsevier,

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Sixth Edition)

2023, Pages 1125-1133.e4

This content supports the SDG Goal 3: Good health and well-being by providing information on Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D Viruses.
Elsevier,

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Sixth Edition)
2023, Pages 1237-1243.e3

This content supports the SDG Goal 3: Good health and well-being by discussing the pathogens, epidemiology, clniical manifestations, laboratory findings, treatment and prevention of Hepatitis A.

This chapter aligns with UN SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities) and SDG 15 (Life on land) describing the historical and ethnographic description of the Krenak, the indigenous people who inhabit the left margins of the Rio Doce river and the conflicts they have experienced in their territory over the years and how the Rio Doce mining disaster impacted their lives.

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Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience, COVID-19 Responses in Cities Around the World, 2022, Pages 3-12

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing an understanding of understand the inequalities between countries and shifting modality in risk governance. The case studies of COVID-19 pandemic impacts, governance, and consequences have been analyzed from various perspectives at the local, national, and regional levels.
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Neurobiology of Brain Disorders (Second Edition): Biological Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, 2022, Pages 1009-1023

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing an overview of current knowledge of racial/ethnic inequities in health with a focus on the United States and the potential contribution of psychosocial stressors to account for them.
Increasing recognition within the medical literature and by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has been attributed to the need for enhanced resident education on concepts related to public health and health equity. Despite increasing documentation of pervasive inequalities within the scope of radiology, dedicated curricula designed to improve cultural competency and understanding of healthcare disparities among radiology trainees remains sparse.
An Article on the implementation of a culturally responsive midwifery care model for First Nations women at three major metropolitan health services in Australia, in support of SDG 3 and 10.
Graphical abstract showing the effect of estrogen-deficiency on a tooth
Emerging evidence indicates that postmenopausal women with periodontitis have aggravated inflammation and prolonged course, with the detailed mechanisms largely unknown. This study aimed to determine the pathogenic role of aberrant extracellular vesicles due to imbalanced-polarized macrophages and explore the therapeutic approach for periodontitis in postmenopausal individuals. Periodontitis in ovariectomized (OVX) mouse models were established to simulate the aggravated periodontitis in postmenopausal women.
This Article supports SDG 3 by describing a causal association between HBV infection and extrahepatic cancers in individuals of East Asian ancestry, suggesting this may have implications for cancer screening in patients with chronic HBV infection.
Background: The effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still controversial, and the role of the interactions of air pollution with genetic risk and lifestyle in COPD risk is unclear. Methods: We included 452762 participants derived from the UK Biobank. Annual concentrations of air pollutions, including particle matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), were assessed using land-use regression model.

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