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4.3 Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations Members States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, core to
which are the following seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The SAMRC Strategic Plan and Annual Performance through prevention and treatment and
Plans align to many of these SDGs. However, with promote mental health and well-being.
specific reference to SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives (e) Strengthen the prevention and treatment
and promote well-being for all at all ages, SAMRC of substance abuse, including narcotic drug
recognises the adoption of the following targets: abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
(a) By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality (f) By 2020, halve the number of global deaths
ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. and injuries from road traffic accidents.
(b) By 2030, end preventable deaths of (g) By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual

newborns and children under 5 years of age, and reproductive health-care services,
with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal including for family planning, information
mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live and education, and the integration of
births and under-5 mortality to at least as low reproductive health into national strategies
as 25 per 1,000 live births. and programmes.
(c) By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, (h) Achieve universal health coverage, including
tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical financial risk protection, access to quality
diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne essential health-care services and access
diseases and other communicable diseases. to safe, effective, quality and affordable
(d) By 2030, reduce by one third premature essential medicines and vaccines for all.
mortality from noncommunicable diseases

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