Africa: High-Level Call for a Sustainable Development Goal Target On Data

Entebbe, Uganda — Member States have demanded a specific target - SDG Target 17.18 - on data in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda, at the 8th African Population Conference currently underway here.

They emphasized the need for high quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.

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