完成聯合國健康目標，新加坡、冰島和瑞典走在最前面
More than 60 percent of the world's nations are expected to meet some of their health targets in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. They include reducing child and maternal deaths and deaths from malaria. However, fewer than five percent are projected to meet their targets on reducing the number of overweight children, tuberculosis infections and traffic deaths.
The news comes in a report published Wednesday by the British journal The Lancet that analyzed health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries. The 17 wide-ranging goals spearheaded by the U.N. focus on improving health and education, ending poverty, combating climate change, making cities more sustainable and protecting oceans and forests.
Singapore, Iceland and Sweden were the highest performing countries in the health-related goals. Somalia, Central African Republic and Afghanistan ranked lowest. Nordic and other European countries plus Australia, Canada, Antigua and Barbuda rank in the top 20. The U.S. ranks 24th.
The report, which was funded by the U.S. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said the findings should help shape policies in order to address long-standing and emerging health challenges.
Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute of Health Metrics Evaluation and a professor of global health at the University of Washington, was the lead author.
Murray said in The Lancet: "China, Cambodia and many other middle and low-income nations deserve recognition for improving their citizens’ lives, as evidenced by impressive improvements in under-five mortality, neonatal mortality, vaccine coverage, maternal mortality, and malaria.”
The report was prepared ahead of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, beginning in New York later this month.世界上60%以上的國家預計可以完成一部分聯合國2030年可持續發展目標，其中包括降低母嬰死亡率和減少死於瘧疾的人數。然而，只有不到5%的國家預計可以完成減少超重兒童、減少肺結核患者數量和減少交通事故死亡人數的目標。
這是星期三發表在英國《柳葉刀》期刊上的一份研究得出的結論。研究對188個國家跟健康有關的可持續發展目標進行了分析。聯合國在2015年峯會上採納了範圍廣泛的17項發展目標，包括改善健康和教育、消滅貧窮、與氣候變化做鬥爭、讓城市更具可持續性，以及保護海洋和森林。
在健康領域內，新加坡、冰島和瑞典表現最好。索馬里、中非共和國和阿富汗排名最後。北歐和其它歐洲國家、澳大利亞、加拿大、安提瓜和巴布達排在前20名，美國排名24。
這份報告是美國的比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會出資的。報告說，研究結果有助於指導政策的制定，解決長期存在的和正在出現的健康挑戰。
美國華盛頓大學健康指標與評估研究所所長默裏是這項研究的主要作者。
默裏在《柳葉刀》的報告中說：“中國、柬埔寨和其它一些中低收入國家在改善人民生活上的成果應該得到認可，這些成果體現在顯著降低5歲以下兒童死亡率，減低新生兒死亡率，疫苗普及、降低產婦死亡率和死於瘧疾的人數上。”
這項報告的發表正趕在72屆聯合國大會開幕。
