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SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Everyone should have access to basic health services without incurring financial hardship and be protected against communicable and non-communicable diseases. Maternal and child mortality rates should also be reduced.

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Displacement, arrival, future

Millions of people have fled Venezuela, many of them to Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. How GIZ works to strengthen both refugees and host countries.

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‘As both a German and a Syrian, I can build bridges’

Aladdin Abdin returned from Germany to Syria and now holds a senior position at the Syrian Ministry of Health. One year after the fall of Assad, this interviews looks at the Syrian health system and the opportunities presented by international cooperation. 

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Climate-friendly cooking

Kenya and Senegal show how states can achieve their climate targets while improving the lives of millions of people.
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Working with nature

In the Amazon region, the protection of biodiversity goes hand in hand with economic utilisation. This benefits the forest and climate, local people and companies.
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Background

A win-win-win situation – more nurses for Germany

Germany has a shortage of nursing staff, yet many qualified skilled workers abroad are unable to find work. The Triple Win programme brings both sides together in a way that is fair and reliable.

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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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