Sustainable Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty, conserving the planet's resources and ensuring prosperity for all. Each of the 17 goals contains a number of indicators that must be achieved within 15 years. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires the joint efforts of governments, the private sector, civil society and the world's inhabitants.
Belarus has already taken a number of important steps to implement the agenda at the national level. The Government of the Republic of Belarus has approved the National Strategy for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, which has defined the main guidelines that are expected to be achieved by 2030. Under the leadership of the National Coordinator for Achieving the SDGs (M.A. Shchetkina), a council for sustainable development was created, logos and signs of the SDGs were approved (picture). From the Ministry of Health, the council includes the Deputy Minister - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Belarus N.P. Zhukova.
To organize the implementation of the SDGs in the field of disease prevention and promotion of a healthy lifestyle, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service is delegated to monitor the following indicators determined at the national level:
• 1. Indicator 3.3.1: “Number of new HIV infections (estimated) per 1000 uninfected people, by sex and age”
• 2. Indicator 3.3.3: “Incidence of malaria per 1000 people”
• 3. Indicator 3.3.4: “Incidence of hepatitis B per 100,000 people”
• 4. Indicator 3.9.1: “Mortality from air pollution in residential premises and ambient air”;
• 5. Indicator 3.9.2: “Mortality from lack of safe water, safe sanitation and hygiene (from lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for all";
• 6. Indicator 3.b.1: “Proportion of the target population covered by immunization with all vaccines included in national programs”;
• 7. Indicator 3.d.1: “Capacity to comply with the International Health Regulations (IHR) and preparedness for public health emergencies”
•8. Indicator 6.b.1. “Proportion of local administrative units that have rules and procedures for citizen participation in water and sanitation management.”
• 9. Indicator 7.1.2. “Access to clean energy sources and technologies in everyday life.”
• 10. Indicator 11.6.2: “Average annual level of fine particulate matter (PM10 class) in the atmosphere of selected cities (in terms of population).”
• 11. Indicator 11.7.1: “Average proportion of built-up urban area designated as public spaces open to all, with accessibility by gender, age and disability.”
Starting positions of Belarus in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Answers to frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions and answers from our team of experts.
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Where and why do cockroaches come from?
The main reasons for the appearance of cockroaches in an apartment: unsanitary conditions - clutter, leftover food, garbage in the kitchen, leaks in the water supply and sewage system; migration from neighbors - when disinfesting neighboring apartments, insects crawl to you in a place that is safer for them; moving – when moving into an apartment infested with cockroaches; traveling and spending the night outside the home - pests can be brought in with suitcases and luggage; buying furniture - for example, after purchasing a sofa infested with cockroaches.
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Will pets be harmed by the treatment?
They won't get hurt. After the drug settles on surfaces, it will be covered with a protective film, which only insects can break. All drugs have hazard class 3, and they are approved for household use.
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Why can’t you remove insects yourself?
At home, people typically use household chemicals purchased from hardware stores. The fact is that these products can only be useful for preventive purposes, for example, to destroy adult insects accidentally brought into an apartment. But if we are talking about a medium and high degree of infection, when the pests have formed full-fledged colonies, then household products will not be able to cope with their larvae and eggs. This is why many customers turn to us for professional help after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to solve the problem on their own.
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