A marathon that requires a concerted effort If the sustainable development goals (SDGs) were a marathon we’d be approaching the 14 km mark after a slow start. There would be more than 28 km still to go, and everyone has to finish the race. We’re entering the final 10 years of the SDGs. Some runners are already falling behind and are at risk of not making the 2030 finishing line. The precursors to the SDGs, the millennium development goals, created an impetus that led to unprecedented progress in maternal and child health.1 Even though reducing inequalities was not explicit in the goals’ 2015 targets, disadvantaged populations often made faster progress than more privileged populations in the goals of improved maternal and child survival and coverage of health interventions mainly because they started from a very low baseline.23 The progress made should be applauded, but the millennium development goals were a marathon that many participants could not complete. Most of the 2015 targets were not met, and poor-rich and other inequities remained large. The SDGs’ mantra, which all countries signed up to through the United Nations, is “Leave no one behind.” The 2030 goals target health and wellbeing for all and the UN’s …

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到2030年通过基本卫生干预措施使所有妇女，儿童和青少年受益

一场需要共同努力的马拉松如果可持续发展目标（SDG）是一场马拉松，我们将在缓慢的起步之后接近14公里。还有28公里要走，每个人都必须完成比赛。我们正在进入可持续发展目标的最后十年。一些跑步者已经落后，并有没有达到2030年终点线的风险。千年发展目标是可持续发展目标的前身，推动了孕产妇和儿童健康的空前发展。1尽管减少不平等在目标2015年的目标中并未明确体现，但弱势群体的进步往往快于特权群体的进步。改善母婴存活率和卫生干预措施覆盖范围的目标，主要是因为这些干预措施是从非常低的基准开始的。23应该赞扬所取得的进展，但千年发展目标是一场马拉松，许多参与者无法完成。2015年的大多数目标都没有实现，贫富和其他不平等现象仍然很大。所有国家都通过联合国签署的可持续发展目标的口号是“不让任何人落后”。2030年目标的目标是所有人和联合国的健康与福祉……