Federal Institute for Population Research

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsMeasuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries

A baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

GBD 2015 SDG Collaborators (2016)

The Lancet 388(10053): 1813–1850

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31467-2

In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators leading up to 2030. We provide an analysis of 33 health-related SDG indicators based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015).