The Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda—Are We Doing Mental Health Justice?

Health equity and mental health in post-2015 sustainable development goals.

A major attraction of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a reason for their widespread acceptance was the clear focus on achievement of equity. However, a major criticism of the goals, in so far as they relate to health, is the absence of a clear and categorical commitment to specifi c normative goals for mental health. This omission is striking since mental illnesses contribute to nea...

POST-2015 CALL TO ACTION: Mental Health in the Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations member states are currently negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Health is a crucial prerequisite for sustainable human development, and there can be no health without mental health. Mental health plays a key role in efforts to achieve social inclusion and equity, universal health coverage, access to justice and human rights, and sustainable economic developm...

Health and the post-2015 development agenda.

Sustaining Health for Wealth: Perspectives for the Post-2015 Agenda; Comment on “Improving the World’s Health Through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives From Rwanda”

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) offer a unique opportunity for policy-makers to build on the millennium development goals (MDGs) by adopting more sustainable approaches to addressing global development challenges. The delivery of health services is of particular concern. Most African countries are unlikely to achieve the health MDGs, however, significant progress has been made particul...

Improving the World’s Health through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives from Rwanda

The world has made a great deal of progress through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the health and well-being of people around the globe, but there remains a long way to go. Here we provide reflections on Rwanda’s experience in working to meet the health-related targets of the MDGs. This experience has informed our proposal of five guiding principles that may be useful for co...