Quantifying convergence on health-related indicators of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

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The extended scope and complexity of the United Nations 2030 agenda entail important challenges for the operationalization of the health-related sustainable development goal (SDG) indicators. Divergences in concepts, agendas and implementation strategies among institutions have fostered the parallel development of alternative and concurrent indicators. We aim to determine the convergences and divergences between five key institutions: the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), the Pan American Health Organization, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the 104 health-related indicators listed by these five institutions, 60 are consistent with official Inter-agency and Expert Group SDG indicators. Our analysis considers the indicators included, and the themes these indicators cover, in each institution list and each institution online platform. We quantified convergence in indicators between the institutions themselves, but also between the institutions and the official Inter-agency and Expert Group. Our results indicate important divergences; only 22 of the 60 indicators are included in the lists of all five institutions. The level of adoption of the official metrics varies from 40.5% (15/(47-10)) for the GBD to 86.2% (25/(29-0)) for the World Bank. WHO, the official curator of the Inter-agency and Expert Group SDG indicators, is only convergent with the official metrics by 72.1% (31/(45-2)). Our analysis, and the resulting awareness of the differences, potentialities and limitations of indicators and platforms, provides important contributions to enable the achievement of the health-related SDGs and deliver the promise of the 2030 agenda.

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

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Bulletin of the World Health Organization - 99(2021), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 228-235

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Englisch

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Silveira, Fabrício [VerfasserIn]
Martins, Ana Luísa [VerfasserIn]
Gadelha, Paulo [VerfasserIn]
Paes-Sousa, Rômulo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.2471/BLT.19.245811

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NLM322731119