The clock is ticking with just a little more than 10 years remaining to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Society is called upon to transform the world by 2030 through a rigorous pursuit of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In November 2018, Swiss TPH and the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) co-organised a one-day symposium to discuss challenges and potential solutions to address the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Key findings were recently presented in the Journal of Global Health. With the launch of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a holistic, universally applicable and binding framework has been established for social and political development. While health is specifically addressed in SDG 3 "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages", it is also recognised as a cross-cutting issue that is linked to 28 of the 169 SDG targets. Joint Swiss TPH-SNIS symposium On 23 November 2018, Swiss TPH and SNIS held a joint symposium in Basel, Switzerland, bringing together people from academia, international organisations, private sector, product development partnerships, funding agencies, local government and civil society. The official symposium report was published in the Journal of Global Health .
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