This country report analyses the institutional framework in India for implementing the SDGs, and health SDGs in particular. It reflects on the role of various stakeholders involved in the coordination, implementation and monitoring of the SDGs. There has been a special focus on the role of health policy research institutions to identify the extent to which they are involved in the implementation and monitoring of health-related SDGs, the potential role that they can play in achieving those SDGs, and their linkages with other stakeholders involved.
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The report analyses national efforts of Uganda to achieve SDGs, identifying challenges and recommendations. The analysis shows that although Uganda made progress, there is still significant room to further accelerate the movements, and Health Policy Think Tank has a critical role in producing new knowledge and evidence to impact decision making that contributes to the achievement of SDGs.
Each country will adopt the SDGs according to their contexts, their needs, and their resources. Despite these differences, countries can learn from one another to improve their own implementation models. As Afghanistan begins the process of implementing the SDGs, this research focuses on mapping stakeholders and institutional arrangements for health-related SDGs.
This BMJ Analysis highlights how academic institutions and think tanks are uniquely placed to broker links between different sectors and assist with cross cutting approaches to achieving the health-related sustainable development goals. It provides a framing for the work of the THINK_SDGs network, with a focus on six areas: better governance for the SDGs; political accountability for SDG implementation; stakeholder engagement; systemic, intersectoral health challenges; knowledge sharing as a global public good; and policy research.
Nepal has initiated implementing the SDGs since 2016 and places health at the centre of overall socio-economic development. As various determinants of the social sector effects health outcomes, the monitoring of health-related targets and indicators is of critical importance.Quality data from multiple sources are required to support evidence-based policy making and attainment of the health related SDGs. Within this context, this report maps the major stakeholders and policy research institutions in relation to health-related SDGs in Nepal.
The articles present a survey of 85 experts on 117 SDG targets (out of the original 169), to identify 20 priority targets for successful implementation of all SDGs. Findings highlight that targets concerning governance and rights ranked highest.
The complex nature of the health SDGs requires efforts from all stakeholders such as government, policy research institutions/think tanks, academia, NGOs, and private sector. The lack of literature on the role of stakeholders in achieving health-related SDGs is one of the major concerns that need to be addressed in order to successfully implement Agenda 2030. This study fills the gap by identifying institutional arrangements, key stakeholders and their role through a mapping exercise to improve the health targets under Agenda 2030 in Pakistan.
The outcome document of the THINK_SDGs regional consultation in West Africa in May 2017 highlights the governance and financing challenges to achieve the health-related SDGs, and calls for all actors to strengthen engagement and collaboration.
This scoping study aims to better understand the ways the Tanzanian government is implementing the SDGs at the national level, in particular: to what extent the SDGs have been introduced in national health and health-related sector plans; to what extent the interdisciplinary nature of the SDGs is reflected in multisectoral action; and whether the common national and sectoral reporting frameworks have been adopted.
This policy brief was presented at the 2017 T20 meeting. It calls for G20 governments to elevate the priority accorded to health, and acknowledge the centrality of health to attaining the SDGs by: adopting a Health-in-All-Policies approach, prioritising the most vulnerable, engaging citizens in policy processes, and filling health data gaps.