SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges

The Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents opportunities for inclusive and resilient development pursuits. This article assessed SDG 3 landscape in the context of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). SDG 3 focus on healthy lives and inclusive well-being, it has 13 targets. Heal...

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Main Authors: Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Umar Ibrahim
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/
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description The Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents opportunities for inclusive and resilient development pursuits. This article assessed SDG 3 landscape in the context of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). SDG 3 focus on healthy lives and inclusive well-being, it has 13 targets. Health settings in LMIC are donor influence, in which cardinal issues are often ignored, concentrating on donor’s priorities, a situation befitting who paid the piper dictate the tune dictum. The paper explored SDG 3 related issues and implementation challenges that looms over the LMIC, by analysing the SDG 3 components’ strength, opportunities, and threats focusing on Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The study utilised desk literature survey approach, using defined key search terms to searched databases, applying diverse combinations covering diseases, research and policy themes, from which 235 papers were retrieved and checked for further review. The challenges confronting SDGs implementation in SSA are numerous; for example, 89% of the SSA are at risk of developing malaria; in 2014, 57.3 million children were stunted; progress was overshadowed by population growth and 40% lives in abject poverty, with 23% of undernutrition status. These gaps highlight poor governance, an implementation challenge that need to be address. SDG 3 implementation strength lies with policy makers and bureaucrats, while its weakness depicts logistical, accountability and coordination deficits that requires stakeholders’ rapport through collaborations. Successful implementation of the SDG 3 calls for trans-disciplinary collaborations and coordination in the shape of Public Private Partnership (PPPs), for inform policies that transform theory into action.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:194382022-08-19T01:32:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/ SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Umar Ibrahim, The Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents opportunities for inclusive and resilient development pursuits. This article assessed SDG 3 landscape in the context of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). SDG 3 focus on healthy lives and inclusive well-being, it has 13 targets. Health settings in LMIC are donor influence, in which cardinal issues are often ignored, concentrating on donor’s priorities, a situation befitting who paid the piper dictate the tune dictum. The paper explored SDG 3 related issues and implementation challenges that looms over the LMIC, by analysing the SDG 3 components’ strength, opportunities, and threats focusing on Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The study utilised desk literature survey approach, using defined key search terms to searched databases, applying diverse combinations covering diseases, research and policy themes, from which 235 papers were retrieved and checked for further review. The challenges confronting SDGs implementation in SSA are numerous; for example, 89% of the SSA are at risk of developing malaria; in 2014, 57.3 million children were stunted; progress was overshadowed by population growth and 40% lives in abject poverty, with 23% of undernutrition status. These gaps highlight poor governance, an implementation challenge that need to be address. SDG 3 implementation strength lies with policy makers and bureaucrats, while its weakness depicts logistical, accountability and coordination deficits that requires stakeholders’ rapport through collaborations. Successful implementation of the SDG 3 calls for trans-disciplinary collaborations and coordination in the shape of Public Private Partnership (PPPs), for inform policies that transform theory into action. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/1/33737-106439-1-PB.pdf Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, and Umar Ibrahim, (2019) SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges. AKADEMIKA, 89 (2(SI)). pp. 65-76. ISSN 0126-5008 https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1199
spellingShingle Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh,
Umar Ibrahim,
SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title_full SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title_fullStr SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title_full_unstemmed SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title_short SDG 3 landscape in low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) and implementation challenges
title_sort sdg 3 landscape in low and middle income countries (lmic) and implementation challenges
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19438/1/33737-106439-1-PB.pdf