SDG BLOG 6

SDG #3 aims to ensuring healthy lives and well-being and the country this week I picked is Afghanistan. The advancement of wellbeing and prosperity is profoundly significant wherever around the globe which is the reason Afghanistan is doing all that they can to support the reason. The nation has been and is as of now chipping away at attempting to build the spending on wellbeing.

The objective is to get open spending which is as of now $10.92 to go up to $15 in any event per capita by 2020.  Another usage is change the entrance to crisis obstetric care by expanding the extent of ladies who have that entrance to up to 80%. There is so a lot of help and bolster required for this nation since they don't have a lot to seek after in the event that they require any restorative  consideration. 
The level of individuals who come up short on the capacity and even the help to get them the assistance that they need is genuinely high. The entrance to medicinal services is a tremendous issue in this nation. Tragically, a great many individuals endure genuine damage and even passing because of the absence of openness they need to getting the therapeutic consideration they may or could require. It is sheltered to state that at some point or another we could expect some improvement with respect to the issue since Afghanistan is certainly tending to the issue and they are picking up so much help and sorting out various projects and gatherings to help.

Afghanistan to increase public spending on health - United Nations Partnerships for SDGs platform. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnership/?p=1041.

Where does the money go? Examining public spending in Afghanistan. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/where-does-money-go-examining-public-spending-afghanistan.

SDG Blog 5

About 130 million babies are born every year around the world; out of those about 830 women die from pregnancy and at least half of those women are within the Sub-Saharan Africa area; more specifically Malawi in Southeast Africa (Global Citizen). Paolo Patruno, a social documentary photographer, began raising awareness of the continuous growing problem of maternal death in Africa when he teamed up with Rachel MacLead; a senior clinical midwife who worked in the labor ward of the Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capitol. “The main issues that are behind this matter are the same [no matter where you are in Africa,” Patruno told Global Citizen (Global Citizen). Patruno goes on to say that the growing number of maternal deaths can be viewed as a social problem, rather than a health issue. For example, women being unable to leave their homes for a long period of time. “In rural areas, women need to be away from their homes for a few weeks if they choose to give birth in a health center — it takes a number of days for them to reach health centers in the first place, and then they need to deliver and recover before heading back” (Patruno, Global Citizen).

Africa realizes that this is a growing problem country wide; therefore, it is a top priority for those with authority. Patruno has partnered with many government officials in order to renew and create resources for mothers. Resources during pregnancy such as education regarding the fetus and how to stay healthy along with healthy practices. Resources for medical officials regarding care during pregnancies. Far most the most important is Patruno using his skills within photography to photograph these mothers in the struggling areas to bring awareness to other countries. Though the problem is still at large, the number of maternal deaths has decreased by at least 12.3% in the last two years (Global Citizen).

The US is addressing this problem on so many different levels. We have advanced technology not only in the medical field and in healthcare center; but we have cars, public transportation, etc. that aids in making sure a woman is properly taken care of when going into labor. The number of maternal deaths compared to the number in Africa shows Africa larger by more than 50% (Goal 3). I solely believe that the United states is far more advanced technology wise, that we are allowed to have room for trial and error in order to set goals for problems and achieve those goals.

“Goal 3 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.” United Nations, United Nations, https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg3.

“Heres What Pregnancy Looks Like Around Sub-Saharan Africa.” Global Citizen, https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/pregnancy-sub-saharan-africa/.