Research on Good Health

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SDG 3 RESEARCH

You can start with some of these general resources and some of the well known global organizations working on good health and well-being.

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United Nations

Main UN SDG site that lists all targets for this SDG.

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Global Health Observatory

Another WHO site that provides enormous amounts of data and statistics around the world

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World Health Organization

Great site for statistics around each of the SDG 3 targets.

Partners in Health

By combining social justice and medical work, Partners in Health delivers health care to the world's most impoverished places, partnering with local governments to bring about global change.

Doctors without Borders

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, natural and human-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.

Population Services International

PSI addresses diverse factors that affect people’s health and lives –such as climate change, urbanization, and limited livelihood opportunities - using social marketing to scale social business models and reach people in new, impactful ways.

While there are so many areas to explore within the SDG 3, we’ll look at 2 particular areas, women’s health and mental health.

WOMEN'S HEALTH

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Society for Women’s Health Research

SWHR is the thought leader in advancing women’s health through science, policy, and education while promoting research on sex differences to optimize women’s health.

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO's vision is for women of the world to achieve the highest possible standards of physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health and well-being throughout their lives.

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Women in Global Health

This organizaiton works on gender equal leadership in global health, gender equity in the health and care workforce, Universal Health Coverage, and building alliances in the gender equality health space.

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Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is a US-based nonprofit organization that provides sexual health care in the United States and globally.

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mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers (m2m) employs women living with HIV as community health workers called Mentor Mothers, who work both at health facilities and door-to-door to improve the health of communities across ten African nations.

Femme International

Femme International uses education, advocacy, distribution and research to address the unique needs of menstruators in low-income communities in East Africa.

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Black Women's Health Imperative

This is the first nonprofit organization created by Black women to help protect and advance the health and wellness of Black women and girls.

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Asia Pacific Alliance

APA is a network of national, regional and global civil society organizations that advocate for the fulfilment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all persons in the Asia Pacific region.

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Pro Mujer

Pro Mujer offers a wide range of free or low-cost health and well-being services to underserved women in Latin America, focusing on preventing and/or providing timely treatment for diseases that primarily impact women.

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Amika George

at the age of 17, started a petition to the British authorities to get funding for tampons for young people in poverty. She collected more than 200,000 signatures, and at 17, she started the Free Periods campaign to end period poverty in the U.K and break the taboos around menstruation.

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Edna Adan Ismail

is the director and founder of the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Somaliland in the Horn of Africa and an activist and pioneer in the struggle for the abolition of female genital mutilation.

Lucy Kombe

Lucy Kombe

is an advocate for the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of young people. She is currently the Program Coordinator at Zamara Foundation, a feminist organization working towards strengthening the voices of women and girls in marginalized communities.

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Priya Prakash

is a healthcare entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of HealthSetGo with a vision to ensure every child in India grows up healthy. The organization has become India's leading healthcare organization for schools, impacting 300,000+ students across 77+ cities.

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Yvette Raphael

is a human rights activist with a focus on people living with HIV (PLHIV), young women and LGBTQI communities. She became an HIV/AIDS advocate after she was diagnosed with HIV in 2000 and co-founded Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) in South Africa,

Rita Namurembe Brown

lives and works in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. She started providing yoga instructions to camp residents and moved to online classes during COVID. In 2020, she co-founded Easy FitGang, a refugee-led social enterprise in Kakuma that empowers youth by providing skills and opportunities through team-building, sports, fitness, and arts programs.

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mDoc

is a digital health platform from Lagos, Nigeria, that helps people living with regular or chronic health by providing virtual health coaching using AI.

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Depop

users can buy, sell and connects to make fashion more inclusive, diverse and less wasteful.

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Ethical

by Team Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of Virginia, USA suggests alternative sustainable options when a clothing image is taken.

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Stylebook

users can upload their closet and play with new outfit ideas. Users refresh their wardrobe without buying anything new.

EchO

by Team Winnovators of UAE helps users make more sustainable choices through game-like challenges.

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MENTAL HEALTH

Girls 4 Girls Africa Mental Health Foundation

This is a community-based, survivor-led NGO, providing mental health, educational and legal support to people affected by sexual and gender-based violence

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Resources and Links

Bea Johnson of ZeroWasteHome is a Franco-American author, speaker and minimalist known for initiating the waste-free living movement. She fit one year of her family’s waste into a pint size jar.

Manila’s Zero Waste Neighborhoods, polluted by plastic waste, are taking things into  their own hands by creating systemic zero waste programs that collect all  recyclables, compost all organics, and push for corporate accountability for all the rest.

Melati Wijsen and Isabel Wijsen are sisters and co-founders of Bye Bye Plastic Bags in 2013. They started Bye Bye Plastic Bags at the ages of 10 and 12 which led to the official ban of plastic bags in their home island in Bali, Indonesia.

Terracycle’s mission is Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. Founded by Tom Szaky, it works  globally to keep trash out of landfills or from incineration.

Selina Juul, a Russian emigrant to Denmark, founded Stop Wasting Food, and helped Denmark reduce food waste by 25% in 5 years.

Jardiner mon ecole helps teachers, parents, and citizens for educational gardens in their community.

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ROM Mangroves

ROM Mangroves allows users to report disturbances and observations of mangrove fauna species in all French overseas territories.

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Marine Debris Tracker

Marine Debris Tracker's global users record data on inland and marine debris with this app, adding to the platform and scientific research.

Ziwa Safi

Ziwa Safi by Team Bring Back Lake Victoria of Kenya lets ordinary people record the location, type and brand of the waste they find in the lake.

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Pescadata

Pescadata is dedicated to small-scale fishing, allowing registration and storage of daily catches, as well as the expenses involved in fishing.

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Aqua Haven

Aquq Haven, by Team AquaFlex of Toronto, Canada, teaches teens and kids water hygiene and show free and clean water locations near you.

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GO EVEN FURTHER

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  • Follow people who are working in this space – check out their social media pages to learn more and possibly contact them.
  • Reach out to local universities (or even remote!) where people are researching climate.
  • Scroll to the bottom of websites and papers to look at the bibliography – many great links can lead you to more projects and information.

RESEARCH AND POWERFUL ACTION IDEAS

Here are some things to explore within SDG 4. Click each tab to learn more.

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UNICEF Data

UNICEF provides data related to children, especially in the area of education.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

provides data on all SDGs and has a lot of data on the SDG 4 targets.

Our World in Data

Includes many good graphs and maps that provide data on education around the world.

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The Global Goals

Good resource that provides an overview of resources and ways to take actions for SDG 4.

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Statista

Statistics and facts on education around the world.

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Escuela Nueva

meaning ‘New School’ in Spanish, is a systemic intervention that transforms the traditional classroom and the way of learning. The organization promotes active, participatory, cooperative, and personalized learning centered on the learner.

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Speed School

run by the Strømme Foundation, is an accelerated education program that provides a second chance to education for out-of-school children and youth in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

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Radio Play Labs

by BRAC deliver remote, playful learning experiences for children ages three to six in Uganda to support their development of critical cognitive and social skills.

Pratham

established in 1995 to provide education to children in the slums of Mumbai, with programs today reaching children and youth across India.

Khan Academy

is a nonprofit providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

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Roots of Empathy

from Canada have reached 1.2 million children around the world, offering empathy-based programs in schools and childcare centers.

Malala Yousafzai,  a Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is a strong advocate for girls’ education, especially girls in conflict-affected areas.

Fundacion Pies Descalzos is a non-profit organization created by renown singer-songwriter and humanitarian Shakira to improve the education and social development of children in Colombia.

Vee Kativhu is the Founder of Empowered By Vee, a charity aimed at widening access to higher education. Vee delivers skill-based workshops to students from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds.

Learning Passport provides access to education for children, youth, and teachers around the world through portable education to support their entry into other education or opportunity pathways.

Education activist Farida Ally founded Elimu Care, a community based organization championing for educational development via the LEG model,  (Leadership and youth empowerment , Education and community empowerment , and Gender equity and equality)

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Duolingo

is a fun, free app for learning 40+ languages through quick, bite-sized lessons. It uses a gamified approach to language learning, with lessons that incorporate translating, interactive exercises, quizzes, and stories.

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PraxiLabs

offers a virtual laboratory solution for science education that replicates real-world experiments in the fields of biology, chemistry, and physics.

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ThinkShare

is a tool for schools to track group discussions, allowing teachers to provide immediate analysis and feedback on student participation.

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PhotoMath

Helps students understand math better. You can take a photo of a problem and it provides simple, and sometimes multiple, solutions and explanations to the problem.

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Pustaka

encourages users to explore books and literacy. Users can track their progress with a Reading Journal, discover new books with other Pustakawan and connect with fellow readers.

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