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- Published: 20 Jun 2016
AgriSmart is promoting good health and well-being in Côte d'Ivoire with:
- plans in development to provide free medical care, including essential medicines and vaccines, for 500,000+ Ivorians and Côte d'Ivoire residents, once fully operational, with the use of medical vans
- together with free training in good health, communicable disease prevention, sexual and reproductive, plus personal hygiene and safe sanitary habits provided by physicians completing their medical internship
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.
Facts and Figures:
Child health
- 17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than six million children still die before their fifth birthday each year
- Since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths
- Despite determined global progress, an increasing proportion of child deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Four out of every five deaths of children under age five occur in these regions.
- Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the age of five as those from wealthier families.
- Children of educated mothers—even mothers with only primary schooling—are more likely to survive than children of mothers with no education.
- Maternal mortality has fallen by almost 50 per cent since 1990
- In Eastern Asia, Northern Africa and Southern Asia, maternal mortality has declined by around two-thirds
- But maternal mortality ratio – the proportion of mothers that do not survive childbirth compared to those who do – in developing regions is still 14 times higher than in the developed regions
- More women are receiving antenatal care. In developing regions, antenatal care increased from 65 per cent in 1990 to 83 per cent in 2012
- Only half of women in developing regions receive the recommended amount of health care they need
- Fewer teens are having children in most developing regions, but progress has slowed. The large increase in contraceptive use in the 1990s was not matched in the 2000s
- The need for family planning is slowly being met for more women, but demand is increasing at a rapid pace
- At the end of 2014, there were 13.6 million people accessing antiretroviral therapy
- New HIV infections in 2013 were estimated at 2.1 million, which was 38 per cent lower than in 2001
- At the end of 2013, there were an estimated 35 million people living with HIV
- At the end of 2013, 240 000 children were newly infected with HIV
- New HIV infections among children have declined by 58 per cent since 2001
- Globally, adolescent girls and young women face gender-based inequalities, exclusion, discrimination and violence, which put them at increased risk of acquiring HIV
- HIV is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide
- TB-related deaths in people living with HIV have fallen by 36% since 2004
- There were 250 000 new HIV infections among adolescents in 2013, two thirds of which were among adolescent girls
- AIDS is now the leading cause of death among adolescents (aged 10–19) in Africa and the second most common cause of death among adolescents globally
- In many settings, adolescent girls’ right to privacy and bodily autonomy is not respected, as many report that their first sexual experience was forced
- As of 2013, 2.1 million adolescents were living with HIV
- Over 6.2 million malaria deaths have been averted between 2000 and 2015, primarily of children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. The global malaria incidence rate has fallen by an estimated 37 per cent and the morality rates by 58 per cent
- Between 2000 and 2013, tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions saved an estimated 37 million lives. The tuberculosis mortality rate fell by 45 per cent and the prevalence rate by 41 per cent between 1990 and 2013
- By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
- By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
- By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
- By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
- Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
- By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
- By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
- Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
- By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
- Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate
- Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
- Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States
- Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
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SDGs .:. 17 Goals to Transform Our World
Goal 1: No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end poverty in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 1Goal 2: Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end hunger in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 2Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
+ Read how AgriSmart is promoting health and well-being in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 3Goal 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
+ Read how AgriSmart is partnering to make education available to all in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 4Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to equal employment opportunities and pay for women and girls in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 5Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing in-home clean water access in employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 6Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing free smart utilities in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 7Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is elevating the quality of life in Côte d'Ivoire by paying higher than average wages, and helping raise the national economy through export of surplus food generated to neighbor African countries ➜ SDG 8Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
+ Read how AgriSmart is building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation in Côte d'Ivoire through the use of modern farm technology in intensive farming, and with sustainable investments into business to raise productive capacity ➜ SDG 9Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping reduce inequality in Côte d'Ivoire by providing free employee housing with smart, eco-friendly utilities, clean water, and climate control, plus closing the gap by paying higher than average wages ➜ SDG 10Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
+ Read how AgriSmart is creating community by building Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 11Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
+ Read how AgriSmart is sustainably using agriculture waste in the production of other products, also further boosting the Côte d'Ivoire economy ➜ SDG 12Goal 13: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
+ Read how AgriSmart is utilizing smart, renewable energy sources, such as solar powered electricity, and ozone friendly refrigerant free cooling systems in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing ➜ SDG 13Goal 14: Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to the protection of oceans through responsible utilization of organic pesticides ➜ SDG 14Goal 15: Life on Land
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
+ Read how AgriSmart is nurturing life on land through reforestation using a system, called taungya, in intercropping between trees for optimized yields ➜ SDG 15Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping further the Côte d’Ivoire democratically elected president’s campaign for tribe and religion inclusivity, together with providing employment opportunites specifically for veterans of war through partnerships with organizations such as the Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ➜ SDG 16Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
+ Read about AgriSmart partnerships for sustainable development in Côte d'Ivoire including SODEFOR, and around the world ➜ SDG 17CONTACT
Contact Person: Trey Warme Headquarters: AgriSmart, Inc. 725 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: +1.858.776.4172 Email: email Website: http://agrismartinc.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agrismartinc Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrismartinc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrismart-inc-RELATED LINKS
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Tagged #CIV, #SDGs, Côte d'Ivoire, good health and well-being, Sustainable Development Goals