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0069/2018 - Measuring the invisible: A review of Sustainable Development Goals in populations exposed to drought.
Medindo o invisível: Análise dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável em populações expostas à seca.

Author:

• Aderita Sena - Sena, A - <aderitasena@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Carlos Machado de Freitas - Freitas, C.M - <carlos.freitas@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-9908
• Christovam Barcellos - Barcellos, C. - <christovam.barcellos@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1161-2753
• Walter Ramalho - Ramalho, W - <walter.ramalho@gmail.com>
• Carlos Corvalan - Corvalan, C - <corvalanc@bra.ops-oms.org>


Abstract:

Brazil, together with all United Nations’ member countries, is in a process of adopting a set of Sustainable Development Goals. This paper considers the implications of the goals and objectives proposed, for the semiarid region of Brazil. This region presents recurrent droughts, which could be made worse by climate change, worsening the situation of access to quantity and quality of water for human consumption, and as a result, the health conditions of the exposed population. This study identifies the relation between drought and health, with the aim of measuring progress in that region (1.135 municipalities), comparing relevant indicators with the other 4.430 municipalities in the rest of the country, based on census data1991, 2000 and 2010. Important inequalities between the municipalities of the semiarid region, and those of the rest of the country were identified, and discussed in the context of what it is seen as necessary to achieve the proposed Sustainable Development Goals in the semiarid region, particularly in relation to the measures of adaptation needed for universal and equitable access to drinking water.

Keywords:

Post-2015 development agenda; sustainable development goals; drought; water; Brazilian semiarid region.

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Sena, A, Freitas, C.M, Barcellos, C., Ramalho, W, Corvalan, C. Measuring the invisible: A review of Sustainable Development Goals in populations exposed to drought.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/measuring-the-invisible-a-review-of-sustainable-development-goals-in-populations-exposed-to-drought/16602?id=16602



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