Kingdom of Bahrain Portal for Sustainable Development Goals

Goal Three: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.

Overview of some indicators

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)

21.5

Under five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

7.6

Death rate due to road traffic injuries (per 100,000 population)

Indicators

Target 3.1: By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
- Indicator 3.1.1: Maternal mortality ratio (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.1.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.2: By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births.
- Indicator 3.2.1: Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- indicator 3.2.2: Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.3: By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water- borne diseases and other communicable diseases.
- Indicator 3.3.1: Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by age, sex, and key populations (Excel, 0.02MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.3.2: Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 persons (Excel, 0.02MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.3.3: Malaria incidence per 1,000 person (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.3.4: Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 persons (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.3.5: Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non- communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well being.
- Indicator 3.4.1: Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease (Excel, 0.12MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.4.2: Suicide mortality rate (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.5: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
- Indicator 3.5.1: Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
- Indicator 3.5.2: Harmful use of alcohol defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita (15+ years old) consumption within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
Target 3.6: By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
- Indicator 3.6.1: Death rate due to road traffic injuries (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes.
- Indicator 3.7.1: Proportion of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.7.2: Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
- Indicator 3.8.1: Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population)
- Indicator 3.8.2: Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.9: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
- Indicator 3.9.1: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.9.2: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe WASH services) (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.9.3: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.a: Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate.
- Indicator 3.a.1: Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.b: Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all.
Target 3.c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States.
- Indicator 3.c.1: Health worker density and distribution (Excel, 0.11MB, 1 Sheet)
Target 3.d: Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.
- Indicator 3.d.1: International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness (Excel, 0.01MB, 1 Sheet)
- Indicator 3.d.2: Percentage of bloodstream infections due to selected antimicrobial-resistant organisms

Other Indicators

Policies & initiatives support the goal

Universal Healthcare

The Supreme Council of Health’s National Health Plan (2016-2025) is a 10-year vision for a healthy and safe society, ensuring health services are delivered with fairness, efficiency, and high quality. As part of the plan, in 2024, the National Health Insurance program (SEHATI) is due to be rolled out, which will be designed to maximize the use of technology, through the issuance of a chip enabled card containing medical data for all citizens and residents, and designed to enhance competitive, as citizens will be able to choose from different packages, alongside expatriate healthcare that will be funded by employers and made available in government and private facilities. Furthermore, visitors will receive a mandatory package, available in all government facilities.

Preventative Measures

The Kingdom of Bahrain offers immunizations free of charge for citizens as per a set schedule. Immunizations are a pre-requisite for school entry since 2012, with some vaccines, including booster doses, given to students at their schools to ensure full accessibility.

National Genome Program

The National Genome Program contributes to efforts towards improving the quality of health services and preventing diseases. Going forward, Bahrain plans to establish a specialized genetic analysis center using the latest scientific innovations, in partnership with Harvard Medical School.

Goal Three: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age

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Policies & initiatives support the goal

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