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Table 1 SDG targets relevant to STIs and opportunities for maximising the impact of STI services in this new era

From: Advancing STI priorities in the SDG era: priorities for action

Target

SDG targeta

Opportunities for maximising STI impact on SDG

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

3.1

By 2030 end preventable deaths of newborns and under-five children

EMTCT of syphilis

STI interventions in maternal health services, pint of care diagnostics

3.3

By 2030 end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases, and other communicable diseases

EMTCT of syphilis, HBV vaccine, combat other STIs

STI interventions in maternal health services, POC diagnostics

3.5

Strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol

Combat effects of narcotic drugs and alcohol on sexual behaviour and thus STIs

STI interventions in substance abuse programmes. STI behavioural research

3.7

By 2030 ensure universal access to SRH services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes

Universal access to STI services

Integration of STIs within national strategies, including for HIV, adolescents and maternal health

3.8

Achieve UHC, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

Universal access to STI services, and safe, effective, quality and affordable medicines (e.g. HPV)

Access to STI vaccines

Health financing: reduce private sector out-of-pocket payments; cash transfers for raising demand for services

3.c

Increase substantially health financing and the recruitment, development and training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries

Raise capacity of health workers in STI services

3,d

Strengthen the capacity of all countries, particularly developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction, and management of national and global health risks

National and global responses to STI epidemics or STI drug resistance

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls …….including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Reduce STI risks from sexual violence, link services for STIs with those for sexual and gender-based violence

5.6

Ensure universal access to SRH and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the Beijing Platform for Action

STI services situated within rights-based approach, Women’s Empowerment, ICPD Programme of Action

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

10.3

Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including through eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and actions in this regard

STI services reduce inequalities by targeting higher risk groups, e.g. sex workers, young women and adolescents and men who have sex with men.

Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

17.6

Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation, and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, particularly at UN level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism when agreed

Advances in science, technology and innovation for STIs (e.g. vaccines, multi-purpose technologies)

North-South and South-South research

17.16

Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources

Further develop multi-stakeholder global partnerships for STIs

Align, in detail, global STI strategies with SDGs, and foster a place for STIs within other global initiatives and commitments

  1. Key opportunities and text of targets in bold. aSustainable Development Solutions Network: Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals Launching a data revolution for the SDGs. 2015