"migration and cross-border movement are not adequately addressed in risk reduction and management systems" --- Unfortunately, as stated by the above sentence of the article, this is true. Therefore, as regards Target 3.d, to strengthen the countries' capacity, it is necessary to establish relevant initiatives, which, unfortunately, in many cases are hindered by issues of political/ideological controversy, "national security" and "national sovereignty", which determine the difference between the actions of "simple diplomats" and those of the "science diplomats" (the former are "government officials" only; the latter could be enlightened government officials, but most commonly, in the case of SDG3, are not government officials, but national/international health researchers and other experts on public health with ability to access and advise the government officials). With reference to Brazil, for example, this is the case of the problems at the border with Venezuela, which generated several health-related issues.

Source author: Massimiliano Lombardo m.lombardo@unesco.org