This indicator monitors the progress in the access of the population to primary health care. Health and sustainable development are closely connected. Development cannot be achieved or sustained when a high proportion of the population is affected by poor health and inadequate access to health care facilities. While economic growth and development can contribute to improved health and better health care facilities in the poorest areas, there are also high and middle-income areas where further improvements are warranted.

Accessibility of health services, going beyond just physical access and including economic, social and cultural accessibility is of fundamental significance to reflect on health system progress, equity and sustainable development. Accessibility is an instrumental goal, a means to an end, to achieving the final intrinsic goals of the system. The more accessible a system is, the more people should utilize it to improve their health. Source: United Nations

Crime prevention and criminal justice are an integral part of the development process. Civil society, good governance and the democracy rest on the promotion of justice as an essential condition for social stability, security, peace, human rights and long-term sustainable development. Such a stable and secure climate is necessary to support the goals of poverty eradication, economic investment, environmental stewardship, gender equality, participation and sustainable livelihoods. Source: United Nations