Health sustainable development goal must tackle inequity head on to succeed

Unless the new global health target provides adequate financial protection, it will favour the wealthy, widening the gap between the richest and the poorest

Last month’s intergovernmental negotiations in New York put the spotlight back on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to measure their impact.

It kicked off a series of high-level meetings in 2015 that will focus on the nitty-gritty of the goals and their respective milestones. The 17 goals (and 169 accompanying targets) represent the international community’s response to the post-2015 development question: how to harness, and build on, the momentum established by the expiring millennium development goals (MDGs).

What may seem like minor tweaks could have lasting implications, creating winners and losers on the global stage

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