Putting children at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals

Overview

All countries agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, yet five years later, 250 million children are still at risk of not meeting their development potential (43% of children in low- and middle-income countries). Child well-being is both an indicator and a foundation of social and economic development, and children are at the heart of the concept of sustainability. A landmark WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission recommends that policy-makers place children at the heart of their efforts to achieve the SDGs.