Tracking progress towards the sustainable development goals in four rural villages in Limpopo, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorWernecke, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorMathee, Angela
dc.contributor.authorKunene, Zamantimande
dc.contributor.authorBalakrishna, Yusentha
dc.contributor.authorKapwata, Thandi
dc.contributor.authorMogotsi, Mirriam
dc.contributor.authorSweijd, Neville
dc.contributor.authorMinakawa, Noboru
dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yael
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-26T08:28:09Z
dc.date.available2021-08-26T08:28:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: 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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was carried out for the iDEWS (infectious Diseases Early-Warning System) project supported by SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development), Program of JICA (JAPAN International Cooperation Agency)/AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development) in Japan and the ACCESS (Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science) program of NRF (National Research Foundation), DST (Department of Science and Technology in South Africa) and the South African Medical Research Council.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.annalsofglobalhealth.orgen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWernecke B, Mathee A, Kunene Z, Balakrishna Y, Kapwata T, Mogotsi M, Sweijd N, Minakawa N, Wright CY. Tracking Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Four Rural Villages in Limpopo, South Africa. Annals of Global Health. 2021; 87(1): 16, 1–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3139.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2214-9996 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.5334/aogh.3139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/81499
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUbiquity Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0),en_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable development goals (SDGs)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectLow-income, rural villagesen_ZA
dc.subjectProgressen_ZA
dc.subjectLimpopo Province, South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleTracking progress towards the sustainable development goals in four rural villages in Limpopo, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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