@article {Nunese000068, author = {Ana Raquel Nunes and Kelley Lee and Tim O{\textquoteright}Riordan}, title = {The importance of an integrating framework for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: the example of health and well-being}, volume = {1}, number = {3}, elocation-id = {e000068}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000068}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development came into force in January 2016 as the central United Nations (UN) platform for achieving {\textquoteleft}integrated and indivisible{\textquoteright} goals and targets across the three characteristic dimensions of sustainable development: the social, environmental and economic. We argue that, despite the UN adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a framework for operationalising them in an integrated fashion is lacking. This article puts forth a framework for integrating health and well-being across the SDGs as both preconditions and outcomes of sustainable development. We present a rationale for this approach, and identify the challenges and opportunities for implementing and monitoring such a framework through a series of examples. We encourage other sectors to develop similar integrating frameworks for supporting a more coordinated approach for operationalising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.}, URL = {https://gh.bmj.com/content/1/3/e000068}, eprint = {https://gh.bmj.com/content/1/3/e000068.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Global Health} }