8. Will reporting on SDG health targets duplicate reporting on other health-related frameworks?

Commitment to the 2030 Agenda could increase countries’ burden of reporting. WHO/Europe is working to support Member States in optimizing their reporting efforts through the development of a joint monitoring framework, coordinated by the European Health Information Initiative.

This framework will provide the basis for measuring the WHO European Region’s performance in implementing the 2030 Agenda and evaluating whether policies are having their intended impact. Further work will also tackle complex, subjective concepts that are integral to Health 2020 and the 2030 Agenda, such as well-being.

Mapping and assessing national implementation reporting to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development provides a means of positioning health and well-being as integral to the national response to the 2030 Agenda, and of linking it to other global agendas.

In support of Member States, WHO/Europe plans to publish its first status report in 2019. It will be structured according to the health-related SDG and targets, and made accessible through digital channels. This will be followed by a biennial thematic report.