MDGs vs. Healthy People 2020

Response 1

            Improving the health of the people globally is a goal under each target. The third goal in the UN SDGs is where compassion should start both at individual and at the global level. The core difference between feasibility and appropriateness is the fact that the UN SDGs are interested in solving the health crisis through addressing poverty issue as it is the major cause of theses crisis (United Nations Development Program 2016). Originally, the MDGs also targeted reduction of poverty and it was a success in reducing the health issues. It is thus evident hat poverty is a major concern that is raising an alarm to all and thus efforts should be geared towards its reduction so as to be able to tackle ill health issues.

Response 2

            SDGS as well as the healthy people 2020 are similar in that, they all identify regions that are center of attention and are thus centers of concern as there is need for efforts that would improve their health. These areas according to both of these targets involve issues that are interconnected to access, equality as well as the environment. The difference however is seen in the variation in the populations that is served. SDGs are evolutions from the MDGs while the health 2020 program is a continuation of the previous project. The main interest f these projects are to address the issue of health crisis nationally with an aim of improving the national health through provision of education, research as well as alliance measures. Poverty and hunger eradication are the top priorities for the SDGs initiative as our population’s health depend on the two (United Nations Development Program 2016).

 

References

United Nations Development Program. (2016). Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Retrieved from:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda.html.