Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa

Background: Measuring national progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enables the identification of gaps which need to be filled to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives. Progress is typically calculated using indicators stemming from published methodologies. South Afr...

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Autores principales:	Bianca Wernecke, Angela Mathee, Zamantimande Kunene, Yusentha Balakrishna, Thandi Kapwata, Mirriam Mogotsi, Neville Sweijd, Noboru Minakawa, Caradee Yael Wright
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e39d2fae6b144bca9a7f0c46a6f150042021-12-02T14:11:14ZTracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa2214-999610.5334/aogh.3139https://doaj.org/article/e39d2fae6b144bca9a7f0c46a6f150042021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3139https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Measuring national progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enables the identification of gaps which need to be filled to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives. Progress is typically calculated using indicators stemming from published methodologies. South Africa tracks progress towards the SDGs at a national scale, but aggregated data may mask progress, or lack thereof, at local levels. Objective: To assess the progress towards achievement of the SDGs in four low-income, rural villages (Giyani) in South Africa and to relate the findings to national SDG indicators. Methods: Using data from a cross-sectional environmental health study, the global indicator framework for the SDGs was applied to calculate indicators for Giyani. Local progress towards SDG achievement was compared with national progress, to contextualize and supplement national scale tracking. Findings: Village scores were mostly in line with country scores for those indices which were computable, given the available data. Low data availability prevented a complete local progress assessment. Higher levels of poverty prevail in the study villages compared to South Africa as a whole (17.7% compared to 7.4%), high unemployment (49.0% compared to 27.3%) and lack of access to information via the Internet (only 4.2% compared to 61.8%) were indicators in the villages identified as falling far short of the South African averages. Conclusions: Understanding progress towards the SDGs at a local scale is important when trying to unpack national progress. It shines a light upon issues that are not picked up by national composite assessments yet require most urgent attention. Gaps in data required to measure progress towards targets represents a serious stumbling block, preventing the creation of a true reflection of local and national scale progress.Bianca WerneckeAngela MatheeZamantimande KuneneYusentha BalakrishnaThandi KapwataMirriam MogotsiNeville SweijdNoboru MinakawaCaradee Yael WrightUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Bianca Wernecke Angela Mathee Zamantimande Kunene Yusentha Balakrishna Thandi Kapwata Mirriam Mogotsi Neville Sweijd Noboru Minakawa Caradee Yael Wright Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
description	Background: Measuring national progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enables the identification of gaps which need to be filled to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives. Progress is typically calculated using indicators stemming from published methodologies. South Africa tracks progress towards the SDGs at a national scale, but aggregated data may mask progress, or lack thereof, at local levels. Objective: To assess the progress towards achievement of the SDGs in four low-income, rural villages (Giyani) in South Africa and to relate the findings to national SDG indicators. Methods: Using data from a cross-sectional environmental health study, the global indicator framework for the SDGs was applied to calculate indicators for Giyani. Local progress towards SDG achievement was compared with national progress, to contextualize and supplement national scale tracking. Findings: Village scores were mostly in line with country scores for those indices which were computable, given the available data. Low data availability prevented a complete local progress assessment. Higher levels of poverty prevail in the study villages compared to South Africa as a whole (17.7% compared to 7.4%), high unemployment (49.0% compared to 27.3%) and lack of access to information via the Internet (only 4.2% compared to 61.8%) were indicators in the villages identified as falling far short of the South African averages. Conclusions: Understanding progress towards the SDGs at a local scale is important when trying to unpack national progress. It shines a light upon issues that are not picked up by national composite assessments yet require most urgent attention. Gaps in data required to measure progress towards targets represents a serious stumbling block, preventing the creation of a true reflection of local and national scale progress.
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author	Bianca Wernecke Angela Mathee Zamantimande Kunene Yusentha Balakrishna Thandi Kapwata Mirriam Mogotsi Neville Sweijd Noboru Minakawa Caradee Yael Wright
author_facet	Bianca Wernecke Angela Mathee Zamantimande Kunene Yusentha Balakrishna Thandi Kapwata Mirriam Mogotsi Neville Sweijd Noboru Minakawa Caradee Yael Wright
author_sort	Bianca Wernecke
title	Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
title_short	Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
title_full	Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
title_fullStr	Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa
title_sort	tracking progress towards the sustainable development goals in four rural villages in limpopo, south africa
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e39d2fae6b144bca9a7f0c46a6f15004
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Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa

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