THE 17 GOALS
They are a plan agreed to by all world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030, and we all have a role in achieving them. Get to know how wee are taking actions towards some of them.
THE 17 GOALS
We all know that we face big challenges in today’s world: poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change are just some of the issues we need to address urgently.
Big challenges need bold action to overcome them, and that is where the Global Goals come in. They are a plan agreed to by all world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030, and we all have a role in achieving them. Get to know each of the Goals and the targets attached to them here.
Initiatives to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
It’s amazing how committed our organization is in working towards the SDGs.
Goal 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 17 are SDGs that are directly or indirectly related to our programs. We’re committed to work on them first.
SELECTED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN ALIGNMENT WITH UNSPOKEN SMILES
It will be important to relate oral health systematically to the goals of the SDGs, their indicators and targets from the outset.
This will provide a framework for the systematic inclusion of oral healthcare in strengthening health systems, to promote oral healthcare and prevention in the context of NCDs and universal health coverage; and to make strong advocacy arguments for cross-cutting and multi-sectoral integration of oral health in sustainable human development.
- Health, as a precondition and an outcome of sustainable development, has a central role in the SDG context, in particular through Goal 3, to ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’, which includes 13 health targets. Of these 13 targets, at least seven are of direct concern to the oral health community.
- Children with poorer oral health status are more likely to experience dental pain, miss school, and perform poorly in school. By 2030, we want to ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes free of oral diseases.
- Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels As part of our dedication to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #5 GENDER EQUALITY our Fellowship Program positions women around the world to take on vital roles in dentistry and become advocates for oral disease prevention in their own communities.
- Fluoride in water is the most efficient way to prevent one of the most common childhood diseases – tooth decay. An estimated 51 million school hours and 164 million work hours are lost each year due to dental-related illness. Community water fluoridation is so effective at preventing tooth decay that the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionnamed it one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.
- By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status. Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
- By 2030, we want to establish Public-Private Partnerships with countries, foundations, businesses, and communities around the world and build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
A Progress Report on the Goals and Targets We Committed to for 2030
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