Abstract
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, by contrast to the Millennium Development Goals, provides a global policy framework to address the quality of life of beneficiaries of the remarkable reduction in mortality in those younger than 5 years since the child survival revolution began in 1982.1 The SDGs explicitly commit all governments and the global health community to actions that will “ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education”.
Highlights
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, by contrast to the Millennium Development Goals, provides a global policy framework to address the quality of life of beneficiaries of the remarkable reduction in mortality in those younger than 5 years since the child survival revolution began in 1982.1 The SDGs explicitly commit all governments and the global health community to actions that will “ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education”
The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), which was established in 2015 by the UN to facilitate the implementation of all indicators, has proposed the exclusion of all children younger than 24 months from SDG 4.2.1, subject to final approval by the UN Statistical Commission in March, 2021
This proposal is attributable to the inability of UNICEF, as the custodian agency, to provide a suitable population-level measure of functioning and development in children younger than 24 months
Summary
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, by contrast to the Millennium Development Goals, provides a global policy framework to address the quality of life of beneficiaries of the remarkable reduction in mortality in those younger than 5 years since the child survival revolution began in 1982.1 The SDGs explicitly commit all governments and the global health community to actions that will “ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education”.1 To monitor progress towards achieving this target, “the proportion of children under 5 years of age who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex” was chosen as the sole indicator (SDG 4.2.1).[1] The choice of this age group is consistent with other SDG targets for young children, including undernutrition, poverty, and mortality (panel).[2] The extensive scientific literature on human brain development reflects the importance of early detection and intervention, especially for children with, or at risk of, developmental disabilities.[3]
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