SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development

Discover more about our efforts in tackling this SDG through our research, education and operational activity.

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Movement of infants when sleeping provides insight into sleep cycles

17 June 2026

Commentary: Banning young people from social media is not a fix-all solution

15 June 2026

Cities in Nepal, Ethiopia and Malawi get tailored guidance to cut air pollution and cool overheating streets

5 May 2026

Image taken from Rare Disease Research UK Annual Conference

CoGDeV Lab member awarded Early Career award for Shape Research, Change Lives project

30 April 2026

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Cancer during pregnancy has lasting psychological impact on the wellbeing of women

23 April 2026

SDG 3 research projects

Active projects

Anthelmintic resistance in Southeast Asia (AHR-SEA): implications for control and elimination of intestinal helminths

Principal investigator: Dr Martha Betson

Start date: April 2025

End date: April 2028

The Together Project: supporting the delivery of good practice in maternity services for parents with learning disabilities

Principal investigator: Dr Anna Cox

Start date: September 2019

End date: Ongoing

GREENICON

Principal investigators: Professor Prashant Kumar, Professor H. Christopher Frey, Professor Fabiana L. Oliveira

Completed projects

AI-Enhanced Game Accessibility and Inclusive Support (AEGIS)

Principal investigator: Dr Yuan Zou

Start date: September 2024

End date: November 2025

Prescription of Nature-Based Solutions to Cities (UGPN-NBS)

Principal investigator: Professor Prashant Kumar

Start date: August 2024

End date: July 2025

The Creative Dementia Network: Digital Tools for Wellbeing with Dementia (DoWell)

Principal investigator: Dr Stephen Fay

Start date: September 2023

End date: July 2024

Campaigning to Improve the Quality of Food in Women's Prisons

Principal investigator: Dr Maria Adams

Start date: October 2022

End date: July 2024

MHealth4All: Development and implementation of a digital platform for the promotion of access to mental healthcare for low language proficient third-country nationals in Europe

Start date: January 2022

End date: June 2025