Welcome to my last and final blog! For this blog we will cover the country of Israel. This country is on a mission to better the health and well-being of everyone in their country. Let’s take a look! To begin, citizens in Israel can sign up as members for a health maintenance organization, this gives them the right to receive any type of medical services that they may need. The first target in their agenda is maternal and child health, they have a pretty low rate due to the fact that they provide benefits to them starting from the age of 3 all the way up until they reach grade 12. These services are guaranteed by the National Health insurance or NHI for short. They have also free universal preventive pediatric care also known as PPC, “this includes immunizations, growth and developmental surveillance, anticipatory guidance, breastfeeding support, screening for postpartum depression.” (National review Israel, 2019). This type of support is essential in woman’s life and their families because transitioning into motherhood is a new experience and having the guidance can make it an easier transition. They would also like to lower the rate of tuberculosis in their country and this is why they have created the Israeli National TB Program. Another target they would like to reach is increase treatment for substance abuse. This was the first time I see a country address different substance abuse, and they are teaming up with different organizations to reach their goal. The ministry of labor social affairs and social services was created in order to look after patients and make sure they get the help they need such as rehabilitation and substance detox. Moreover, they will need to monitor this SDG. They plan on doing this by working with Israel’s Central Bureau which will develop new indicators that measure “sustainability and resilience” (United Nations development group, 2015). They have also established a program known as the National Program for hospitals in order to measure the quality of care. This will help them collect data and give them an insight of what could be improved as well as what has worked out. The cost of implementing this agenda will be around 4,421.5 million US dollars. Some of this money will be invested in the World Health Organization and fighting diseases that might come around. 
Furthermore, Israel is also focused on climate change, this is because climate change also contributes to the health of their citizens. It is estimated that in 2017 around 2,240 people died because of air pollution and because of this they have implemented the Clean Air Law. The objective of this law is to reduce the pollution that certain things may cause such as transportation and other fossil fuel energy. This SDG is important in the country, but it would not be considered an issue because they have been taking the necessary steps to improve the countries health. The resources they have to reach this goal, is teaming up with the Grand Challenges Program which focuses on human health and improving it. This is currently being addressed by the country and it is considered a priority as well.
Resources:
Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. (2019) National Review Israel [PDF file]. Retrieved from
https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/sustainable-development/Israel_Regional_SDG_Survey.pdf
Work Health Assembly Day 3: WHO priorities aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (20217, May 26). Retrieved from
http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/israel/news/news/2017/05/world-health-assembly-day-3-who-priorities-aligned-with-the-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
Israel .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/israel
Images:
Map of Israel in cartoon style vector image one VectorStock. Retrieved from
https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/map-of-israel-in-cartoon-style-vector-9729630
Chapter 16 ~ Eastern Mediterranean - ppt video online download. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://slideplayer.com/slide/10834822/
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