HIV, Health and Development Annual Report 2016-2017

Planetary health, including human health, is core to sustainable development. SDG 3 and other health-related targets seek to ensure health and well-being for all, at all ages, including in humanitarian and fragile contexts. Virtually all development challenges of the 21st century have the potential to profoundly affect health—including climate change, fragility and conflict within and between countries, economic and social disparities within countries, urbanization and the growing “youth bulge.” Progress on many SDGs will only be possible by ensuring that policy and programming responses include efforts to address health.

In 2016, UNDP released a corporate strategy, titled “The HIV, Health and Development Strategy 2016–2021: Connecting the Dots,” which is fully aligned with the 2030 Agenda and contributes to UNDP’s vision of eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities and exclusion.