This newsletter relates to the WHO's SDG3 targets 3.1, 3.2 and 3.8 and to children and young people's general health and wellbeing. Use these links to navigate to a section!
- Q&A - Supporting Kids In Loss
- The impact of malaria on young people
- World Health Day: healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
- Dr Ahmed's reproductive health research
- Meet the SDG3 researcher Dr Al Khodor
- Collections in IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal
- LGBTQ+ young people's mental health
- Childhood obesity: shifting the narrative
- Maternal and Neonatal Health webinar recording
In other news...
Q&A - Supporting Kids In Loss
Read Professor Sarah Egan's recent interview on her new study, Project SKIL, and how it provides online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to children who have experienced some kind of grief - whether that's the death of a family member, the loss of a pet or the divorce of their parents.
Malaria and young people
Read this blog for World Malaria Day. Explore the impact of malaria on young people, the diagnosis and treatment of malaria, and the power of education and advocacy.
World Health Day: healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Check out this blog for World Health Day's 2025 campaign 'Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures', highlighting research and featuring blogs from editors and authors. This year’s theme, ‘healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,’ supports WHO's aim of reducing global maternal mortality rate to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.
Dr Ahmed's reproductive health research
Read this Q&A about reproductive health. Dr Ahmed discusses ways we can empower women and improve maternal and child health care.
Meet the SDG3 researcher Dr Al Khodor
Read this interview where Dr Al Khodor discusses her career investigating the microbiome’s role in health and disease. Dr Al Khodor hopes her research will lead to better interventions for mothers and children.
Collections in IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal
Find article collections on young people's sexual, reproductive, and mental health in IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal. In Pediatric Sexual Medicine and the two-part series on Child Genital Cutting and Surgery, the authors discuss sensitive and sometimes overlooked areas of research.
LGBTQ+ young people's mental health
Read about how LGBTQ+ young people in particular can experience feelings of depression and anxiety. Explore the different risk factors involved and the potential solutions for the mental health crisis.
Childhood obesity: shifting the narrative
Read this blog that assesses global actions to manage and prevent childhood obesity in light of World Obesity Day.
Maternal and Neonatal Health webinar recording
Watch: "Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health". Thank you to the speakers for a wonderful discussion.
In other news...
Q&A for World Happiness Day
Read this Q&A where Tamara shares her insights into how movement can promote happiness and improve wellbeing at work. Tamara recently led a popular dance and wellbeing workshop for Springer Nature Black Employee Network members based in London.
Meet the new co-Editor-in-Chief for Conflict and Health
Read Professor Karl Blanchet's Q&A announcing his position as co-Editor-in-Chief of Conflict and Health.
Get involved!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this newsletter.* If you are a researcher or colleague who would like to be involved with our SDG 3 initiatives, get in touch. Follow me, Alice Coe, on Research Communities to be notified of future SDG 3 newsletters.
*Thank you to: Amy Joint, Prof Sarah Egan, India Sapsed-Foster, Abiola Lawal, Kesiena Okumagba, Freyja Austin, Sophie Gray, Louis Gautier, Tamara May, Dr Hamdia Mirkhan Ahmed, Suzuki Limbu, Dr Souhaila Al Khodor, Tamara Josephine, Rita Moreira, Prof Karl Blanchet, Virginia Mercer, Sarah Whitelock