The Sustainable Development Goals include ensuring
access by infants
to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food (2.1);
ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age (2.2); addressing the nutritional needs of lactating women (2.2); reducing neonatal mortality (3.2); ensuring
access to reproductive health -
care services (3.7); and recognizing and valuing unpaid
care provided by women and girls (5.4).
The agenda must address universal
health -
care coverage,
access and affordability;
end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's
reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related
to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.