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.

Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan

A comprehensive action plan to increase the City of Ahmedabad’s resilience to extreme heat events.

Vision Zero Boston
Boston, United States

Vision Zero Boston

The City of Boston has adopted a Vision Zero strategy in an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and reduce serious traffic accidents by 2030.

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program
Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

ENCICLA - sustainable mobility program

EnCicla is a public bicycle system providing sustainable mobility to the residents of the Valley of Aburrá.

eKhaya : an urban regeneration project in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa

eKhaya : an urban regeneration project in Johan...

Through community mobilization, the eKhaya neighbourhood regeneration program has influenced the re-development of other declining areas in the City of Johannesburg.

Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (former Villa 31)
Award
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (...

Integrating a large informal settlement to the City’s urban, social and economic fabric.

Quinto Centenario Cycle Avenue
Bogotá, Colombia

Quinto Centenario Cycle Avenue

The C40 Cities Finance Facility is supporting a cycling transformation in the city of Bogotá by providing technical assistance to the city administration to help fund new high-quality cycling infrastructure.

Friends and Neighbours - a community nature project
Cape Town, South Africa

Friends and Neighbours - a community nature pro...

The project aims to reconnect people with nature, build social capital and maintain and enhance ecosystem services.

Makoko/Iwaya Primary Healthcare Project
Lagos, Nigeria

Makoko/Iwaya Primary Healthcare Project

A community led initiative identified healthcare as one of the priority development issues.

Jugendcollege: training and education for young migrants in Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Jugendcollege: training and education for young...

Jugendcollege provides free education, training and a mentoring programme for young migrants, asylum seekers and persons entitled to an asylum or subsidiary protection allowance aged between 15 and 21 in Vienna.