Health and wellbeing

Health and well-being have a central role in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the United Nations, emphasizing the integral part they play in building a sustainable future. The third SDG explicitly calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. This goal encompasses a wide range of health objectives, from reducing maternal and child mortality rates, combatting disease epidemics, to improving mental health and well-being. But beyond SDG 3, health is intrinsically linked with almost all the other goals.

When addressing SDG 1, which aims to end poverty, one cannot neglect the social determinants of health. Economic hardship often translates into poor nutrition, inadequate housing, and limited access to health care, leading to a vicious cycle of poverty and poor health. Similarly, achieving SDG 2, ending hunger, also contributes to better health through adequate nutrition, essential for physical and mental development and the prevention of various diseases.

Conversely, the repercussions of climate change, encapsulated in SDG 13, profoundly impact health. Rising global temperatures can lead to increased spread of infectious diseases, compromised food and water supplies, and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, all posing severe health risks. Conversely, the promotion of good health can also mitigate climate change through the reduction of carbon-intensive lifestyles and adoption of healthier, more sustainable behaviors.

SDG 5, advocating for gender equality, also has substantial health implications. Ensuring women's access to sexual and reproductive health services not only improves their health outcomes, but also contributes to societal and economic development. Furthermore, achieving SDG 4, quality education, is also critical for health promotion. Education fosters health literacy, empowering individuals to make informed health decisions, hence improving overall community health.

Lastly, SDG 17 underlines the importance of partnerships for achieving these goals. Multi-sector collaboration is vital to integrate health considerations into all policies and practices. Stakeholders from various sectors, including health, education, agriculture, finance, and urban planning, need to align their efforts in creating sustainable environments that foster health and well-being.

Hence, the relationship between health, well-being, and the SDGs is reciprocal. Improving health and well-being helps in achieving sustainable development, and vice versa. In this context, health and well-being are not just outcomes but are also powerful enablers of sustainable development. For the world to truly thrive, it must recognize and act upon these interconnections.

Explores connection between airline pilots' fatigue and their mental health, with implications for safety.
Do immigrants suffer extra mental health problems? Is there a way to improve the mental health of first and second generation immigrants?
This Article support SDGs 3 and 5, focusing on assessing outcomes in premenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer receiving ovarian suppression, in particular comparing tamoxifen versus aromatase inhibitors in this population.
International Women's day is celebrated every year on 8 March and this year's theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all. Elsevier has collated a freely available special issue of book chapters and journal articles to celebrate and highlight International Women's Day.
The objective of this study was to determine the association between mothers’ level of participation in the NL (Nutrition Links) project and their children’s dietary and anthropometric outcomes.
Elsevier,

Treatment of Skin Disease (Fifth Edition)
Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies
2018, Pages 579-581

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing insight into palmoplantar keratoderma, a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by thickening of the palms and soles.
Elsevier,

Treatment of Skin Disease (Fifth Edition)
Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies
2018, Pages 621-623

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing content on Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare hereditary disorder of polyposis.
Elsevier,

Treatment of Skin Disease (Fifth Edition)
Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies
2018, Pages 764-768

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing information on scleroderma, a rare multisystem disease characterized by skin fibrosis, autoantibody production, and vascular abnormalities often leading to visceral disease.
An article on global spending of dementia care, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on modelling global and regional estimates from 2000 to 2019 and expected future scenarios from 2020 to 2050.
Change in incidence rate over time in the Alzheimer's disease cohort for health conditions significantly associated with the disease.
An article on Alzheimer's disease risk, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on the association between health conditions diagnosed in primary care and incident Alzheimer's disease.

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