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Most projects supporting SDG 3 - Good Health and Well- being aim to improve health outcomes by upgrading health- care infrastructure or services. Projects approved since mid- 2022 that support SDG 3 include a US$30 million loan to help the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines build and equip a 134-bed new acute care hospital with trauma, acute surgery, urgent, critical and outpatient care. In addition, the hospital is designed to provide the full range of health ser-
vices required to support diagnostic, treatment and rehabili- tative interventions including medical laboratory technology, radiography, pharmacy, audiology, optometry, physical thera- py, psychology and social work. Another example of a project aligned to this goal is a US$100 million loan to the Repub- lic of India that is expected to reduce the number of road traffic injuries by constructing a road that can accommodate increased traffic and addresses congestion and bottlenecks.
Table 3: Project contributions to SDG 3
Nr. of contributing projects
% of contributing projects
SDG target
3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases 1
2%
3.6 By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
2
5%
3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essen- tial medicines and vaccines for all 2
5%
3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination 2
5%
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