Goal 3
Health and well-being
Over the last century we have made major advances in the field of medicine to improve the health of millions of people. A wide range of diseases have been eradicated, but others have emerged. Science and medicine work every day to improve health conditions, we have more information than ever about healthy diets and foods, and we have more access to health care and medicines. But there’s still a lot to do.
1 Complete the sentences about the Good health and Well-being aims for 2030.
2 Look at the words in bold in exercise 1. All of the words are verbs. Do you know what they mean in Italian? Match each verb to the correct translation.
a R afforzare
b Combattere
c R idurre
d Finire con
e Prevenire
f Porre fine
g R iuscire ad avere
h Promuovere
i Diminuire
As we have said before, medicine and health have changed a lot in the past century thanks to the incredible advances that have been made. Do you know any of them? I think you do!
3 Match each of these medical successes to the correct year.
1 The discovery of penicillin.
2 The last smallpox outbreak in the UK.
3 The first device appears to obtain images of the body by CT scan.
4 The publication of the most complete sequence of the human genome.
5 The creation of the WHO (World Health Organization).
6 The first organ transplant in history takes place: it was a kidney transplant.
a
1978 b 1972 c 1954 d 2000 e 1996 f 1948 g 1928