Good Health and Well-Being

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

Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 3.

Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 3 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.

Case studies

214 case studies available.

Gijon’s Citizen Card
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Gijon, Spain

Gijon’s Citizen Card

A single card, Gijon’s Citizen Card, allows Gijon's citizens to pay their bus fare, hire a bike and take out a library book. Today, 250,000 of Gijon’s citizens – 80% of the city’s population - carry this card, unlocking services and facilities across the city.

BEACH - online employability advice
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Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

BEACH - online employability advice

BEACH (Brighton & Hove Employability Advice and Careers Hut) is a website that was developed to improve young people’s employment chances. It offers employability advice specifically relating to the local situation and was designed for young people, by young people

Edinburgh Outdoors
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Outdoors

Edinburgh Outdoors is a digital service launched in February 2013 providing a new way for locals and tourists to enjoy Edinburgh’s parks and green spaces.

The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensive Plan (La Línea Verde)
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Aguascalientes City, Mexico

The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensiv...

The aim of the Línea Verde is to provide public spaces that contribute to enhance community life for more than 300,000 inhabitants living in the poorest area of the city.

4°C Cooler – Using green infrastructure to build a climate resilient Melbourne
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Melbourne , Australia

4°C Cooler – Using green infrastructure to buil...

In 2010 the city of Melbourne appointed a new Urban Landscape Team to produce a Green Infrastructure Program to cope with a difficult future climate and maintain its economic prosperity and liveability.

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural  Products
El Alto, Bolivia

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) th...

The project for self-sustaining agriculture focuses on local families and especially on the women who have organized themselves in almost 600 community organizations in order to take care of daily issues in residential areas.

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements
Durban, South Africa

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal...

In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.

"I Will Centers" - Internet addiction prevention & intervention centers for children and youths
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Seoul , South Korea

"I Will Centers" - Internet addiction preventio...

The goal of this initiative is to create Seoul as a healthy and safe area for children and adolescents in terms of internet use.

Community Resilience through Women in Leadership Roles
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Community Resilience through Women in Leadershi...

A programme to provide women living in slums  leadership skills andrrisk reduction training.