SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Everyone should have access to basic health services without incurring financial hardship and be protected against communicable and non-communicable diseases. Maternal and child mortality rates should also be reduced.

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Report

Research without borders

Researching together, protecting together: GIZ supports improved access to vaccines by strengthening the global South and while also benefiting Germany. A visit to scientists in Germany and Ghana who work side by side.

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Testen von Choleraproben
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Don’t give the virus a chance

For ten years, the German Epidemic Preparedness Team (SEEG) has been actively combating epidemics worldwide to prevent them from spreading across the globe.
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Displacement, arrival, future

Millions of people have fled Venezuela, many of them to Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. How GIZ works to strengthen both refugees and host countries.

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Interview

‘As both a German and a Syrian, I can build bridges’

Aladdin Abdin returned from Germany to Syria and now holds a senior position at the Syrian Ministry of Health. One year after the fall of Assad, this interviews looks at the Syrian health system and the opportunities presented by international cooperation. 

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Climate-friendly cooking

Kenya and Senegal show how states can achieve their climate targets while improving the lives of millions of people.
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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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