Intro to Global Health

                                                        Photo by  Ksenia Makagonova  on  Unsplash                       Canada is a work in progress in regard to meeting the sustainable development goals by 2030. According to Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), "Ranks Canada 20th out of 162 countries in terms of sustainable development" (SDG Report, 2019). Although they are in the top 12 percentile, "Canada has attained an overall high standard of social and economic development, three million Canadians still struggle to satisfy their basic needs" (United Nations, 2018). In other words, they have a long way to go in order to reach the expectations of the SDGs. So far, Canada has shown the best improvements for quality education (SDG 4), and affordable and clean...

                                                       Photo by  Katherine Gu  on  Unsplash The United Nations have set ideal expectations of where these countries should be, however, it seems the sustainable development goals will not be met as desired. Unforeseen circumstances, such as the current pandemic, have the possibility of causing any current progress to come to a complete stop. Russia is one of the many countries who have joined forces in hopes of meeting these goals and is on track. One of their major disadvantages, however, is their extreme conditions of poverty. This extreme poverty will only make it more difficult to accomplish SDG 2, and end hunger. According to The United Nations , "Since 2001 there has been a steady downward trend in the share of poor people, specifically due to the effects of economic developme...

                                             Photo by Bill Wegener on Unsplash The path towards achieving the sustainable development goals has been a difficult one. It requires complete dedication of these countries and they must make it their priority in order for them to be successful. Achieving these goals, specifically goal 2 to end hunger, will be very beneficial for their residents. For example, "Chronic undernutrition puts children at greater risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of infections, and contributes to delayed recovery" (United Nations, 2020). Fortunately, “The Government of Honduras is committed to implementing the 2030 Agenda and has established a process to facilitate the participation of government institutions, sectoral cabinets, cooperation agencies, private sector, local government and other actors to ...

Australia’s journey towards achieving food security is definitely a priority, however, it is also an intricate process. Unfortunately, this country has yet been successful on their mission to end hunger, also known as SDG 2 Zero Hunger. As stated by Natures Sustainability, “Although we find that Australia is off-track to achieve the SDGs by 2030, considerable progress is possible by altering Australia’s development trajectory”(2019). According to the SDG Index and Dashboards Report 2016, Australia has suffered the most in prevalence of adult obesity when analyzing SDG 2 in detail. As stated by the United Nations Association of Australia, the country has plans to, “Close the gaps Food security, Agricultural management, nourishment and human health” (2017). Australia plans to partner with private sectors, investing in their citizens, and promoting prosperity in order to successfully accomplish the sustainable development goals. As mention by WHO, "Implementation and success will r...

The path towards changing our world has been a difficult one. Not many countries are where we wished they would be and in order to reach our expectations a lot is needed. According to SDG Knowledge Hub, "The ‘Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2019’ finds that for more than half of the SDGs, progress is either heading in the wrong direction or has stagnated" (2019). As accurately stated by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, “North-East Asia is ahead of other regions in Asia and the Pacific in achieving many of the SDGs, however, inequality remains a major challenge” (2019). Unfortunately, “Little progress has been made on SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 10 (reduced inequalities), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 14 (life below water), SDG 15 (life on land) and SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions)” (SDG Knowledge Hub, 2019).                                 ...

Photo by  Aman Shrivastava  on  Unsplash Unfortunately, no country is where they are supposed to be In achieving the sustainable development goals (Sachs, 2019). One of the many obstacles is, “the analysis is limited by the availability, quality, and comparability of data” (Sachs, 2019). One of these countries who are far from meeting the expectations of this project is India. According to the Economic Times, India is in need of about 26.4 trillion investment in order to carry out these goals (2020). In order to monitor the progress of these goals," Central and state ministries are responsible for collecting statistics on a subject depending on whether it is a part of the central, state or concurrent lists of the Constitution" (UN, 2017). It seems as if they have other priorities and other problems to address prior to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. For example, “Seven per cent of the country's population still do not have access to electricity” and “2...