Reorienting the focus towards the Sustainable Development Goals: challenges and opportunities for Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka is a country experiencing many transitions – sociodemographic, economic and epidemiological – all of which are greatly influencing health development. In the health sector, success in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was focused on certain specific health issues. A year ago, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, with an agenda of unprecedented scope and ambition that goes well beyond the MDGs they succeed. Thus Sri Lanka, as with other countries, is also experiencing the transition from MDGs to SDGs.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- WHO South-East Asia journal of public health
دوره 5 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016