SDG Goal Research Articles

Ensure Inclusive and Quality Education for All and Promote Lifelong Learning

Prominent terminologies of SDG Goal - 4 are (1) Girls and boys both has to be equally emphasized, (2) Free equitable and quality primary & secondary education, in Bangladesh, primary and secondary education is tuition free for the girls but secondary level boys have to pay, this goals emphasized on free education for the boys too in both primary and secondary levels, (3) Equal access for women and men in the quality vocational, technical and tertiary education in affordable cost. But in Bangladesh quality education is expensive whereas we have limitations in technical and vocational education ground. Qualified teachers, required laboratory and equipment have scarcity in vocational as well as technical colleges. (4) Skills for employment, decent job and entrepreneurship, focus of most Bangladeshi learners are employment but decent job is very rare in the society. At the same time skills are not focused to entrepreneurship at any level or at any faculty. Every faculty is creating job seekers but not job providers here in Bangladesh. (5) Disabled, indigenous and vulnerable area children have to get special focus. Other terminologies are relevant to curriculum development and priority areas like literacy and numeracy both are equally emphasized, life style, human rights, gender equality, promotion of peace and non-violence shall get priority in the curriculum. ICT education, engineering education technical and scientific education shall be prioritized to ensure pro-development and pro-employment education for sustainable development. Finally target ten has rightly pointed out that supply of qualified teachers is one of the most important tasks to ensure quality education and skills development for sustainability.

Energy dense rice biscuit formulation to improve malnutrition status of urban street children in Bangladesh.

Rice is the main source of dietary energy for approximately 166 Million of Bangladeshi population. Rice based processed food items have potential scope in malnutrition mitigation approach. In this study we have formulated energy dense nutraceutically enriched rice-based bakery food formulation specially biscuits having energy density ranges from ED 4.5-5.5 per 100 g serving. Rice based balanced and nutritious food intake might reduce rice consumption from current rate of 367 g/capita/day to 300 g/capita/day or lesser for Bangladeshi population. Since floating urban street children classified as the most vulnerable group in Bangladeshi population so, nutraceutically enriched rice-based bakery food products might possibly play a role in shifting malnutrition status in this regard. In addition, in quest to attain required daily dietary allowance in scale of average 2000 kcal, rice-based energy dense food might assist as supplementary diet and it will be helpful to attain SDG goal for hunger free and sustain food security in Bangladesh in a way to properly and effectively utilizing the rice grain.

Conscientious Consumerism: A Curriculum Pilot to Support the Sustainable Development Goals

How can teachers integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their classrooms? A teacher and teacher educator duo provide a wonderfully detailed account of how they designed and implemented a curriculum focused on SDG Goal 12, Responsible Consumption and Production. Through their journey to empower children to be critical and compassionate consumers, they show that children are ready to take action and solve real-world problems.

Burden, pattern and causes of road traffic accidents in Bhutan, 2013–2014: a police record review

ABSTRACTRoad traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major cause of death and injury globally. There was little information on the burden and causes of RTAs in Bhutan. The study estimates the burden and characteristics of RTAs and describes the victims of RTAs in Bhutan. A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted analysing police case records. In 2013–2014, 1866 accidents resulted in 1143 injuries and 157 deaths. We identified 39% more deaths from RTAs than that submitted to WHO in 2013 as the 30-day mortality. The main causes were careless driving and drunk-driving. Drivers and passengers constituted 86% of the deaths with few pedestrian deaths. Data for in-hospital deaths or after discharge were not available. Productivity loss due to RTA is around 1% of national GDP. There is significant mortality and morbidity from RTAs in Bhutan. There is no coordinated system for data collection and surveillance to monitor SDG goal 3.6.

Trends in the completeness of birth registration in Nigeria: 2002-2010

1. IntroductionBirth is a fundamental right that affords children opportunity to be documented and establish their nationality. Unfortunately, this right is denied to many children, especially in less developed countries (Pais 2009; UNICEF 1989). Indeed, an estimated 230 million children worldwide have never had their births registered, thereby exposing them to various rights abuses (Bambas 2005; Bequele 2005; Cappa et al. 2014; Corbacho, Brito, and Rivas 2012; Dow 1998; UNICEF 2013). Like other global health challenges, Africa lags behind in of births and is only better than Asia (Bequele 2005; Mikkelsen et al. 2015; UNICEF 2013, 2014a). Less than 10% of Africa's population live in countries with complete (above 90% coverage) birth (Mahapatra et al. 2007). There is evidence that rate of birth stagnated between 1995 and 2004 (Mahapatra et al. 2007; Setel et al. 2007).The birth of a child is one of important events routinely recorded in a Civil Registration System (CRS) (United Nations 2001; World Health Organization 2008). According to United Nations, civil is defined as universal, continuous, permanent and compulsory recording of vital events provided through decree or regulation in accordance with legal requirements in a (World Health Organization and World Bank 2014). However, compliance with birth is still below 50% in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, 25 years after Convention on Rights of Child (CRC) (Cappa et al. 2014; UNICEF 2014a). CRC is an international treaty comprising 54 articles developed in 1989 to recognize rights of children. It is regarded as the most widely and rapidly ratified human rights treaty in history (UNICEF 2014a). right of children to have their births registered is seventh article of CRC.The importance of CRS data in monitoring health outcomes cannot be understated and requires national and international action to ensure its availability and reliability in monitoring performance of interventions. post-2015 global health agenda (the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]) has made strengthening birth one of its major targets (AbouZahr et al. 2015; United Nations 2015; World Health Organization and World Bank 2014). In particular, SDG goal 16.9 states as its aim that it will 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration (United Nations 2015). This gives added impetus to measure performance of CRS and focus attention on where it is found suboptimal to ensure progress toward meeting universal birth target by deadline. To this end, World Health Organization, World Bank, and other partners have developed a ten-year plan, The Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Scaling up Plan (2015-2024), in hope of providing needed guidance to support governments toward achievement of this goal (World Health Organization and World Bank 2014). Other charities and recognized individuals have also made financial commitments to supporting improvement of CRS in developing countries (Lopez and Setel 2015; United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific 2014).Birth statistics are a significant data source in measurement of health in populations, providing denominator data for calculating development indicators such as infant mortality and child mortality rates. These are also indicators that are used to measure quality of health care in a country and level of access to health care in population (Alarcon and Robles 2007). Poor data on these parameters can be misleading and drive suboptimal investments in health system. Additionally, birth statistics are important for monitoring policies and programs on fertility in a country. They can be a significant yardstick for assessing impact of interventions aimed at controlling population growth and determining need for an increased intensity of intervention. …

Ocean Diplomacy: The Pacific Island Countries’ Campaign to the UN for an Ocean Sustainable Development Goal

In this article we examine how Pacific Island Countries (pics) successfully championed a stand-alone Ocean Sustainable Development Goal (sdg) goal at the United Nations (un). We analyse how the un Post-2015 development process provided pics with a unique opportunity to use their experience with collective diplomacy and regional oceans governance to propose this international goal. In this article we establish how pics’ national and regional quest to strengthen their sovereign rights over marine resources motivated their diplomatic efforts for an Ocean sdg. The campaign was a significant political achievement, positioning these Large Ocean Island States (lois) as global ocean guardians. We critically evaluate the effectiveness of the pics’ diplomatic campaign to secure an international commitment for an Ocean sdg. The pics’ advocacy for Goal 14 under Agenda 2030 has enhanced their political effectiveness in the un by improving their recognition by other States as leaders in oceans governance. We suggest their Ocean sdg campaign forms part of a distinct and continuing brand of oceans diplomacy from Oceania.

Comprehensive SDG goal and targets for non-communicable diseases and mental health.

The negotiations on the SDG goals and targets, leading to the sustainable development Declaration in September 2015, are now in the final stages. Ensuring that people with mental disorders are not left behind in the global development program from 2015 to 2030 will require specific and explicit commitments and targets against which progress in mental health can be measured and reported. The arguments for inclusion of explicit mental health targets in the SDGs are compelling. The final negotiations on the SDG goals and targets will now determine whether people with mental illness and psychosocial disabilities will continue to be neglected or will benefit equitably from inclusion in the post-2015 development program.