DR. ANDREA SANTIAGO
In a few months, heads of nations will come together to decide on a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will govern local, regional, and global agendas for the next 15 years. Unlike the millennium development goals (MDGs) that was crafted without much consultation, the proposed 17 SDGs and 169 targets is a result of open and collaborative discussions among 70 countries that began meeting after the Rio+20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.