Image by Vitaly Gariev In the United States, SDG 3 is both a strength and a warning sign. The country has world-class medical research, leading hospitals, and strong public health institutions, yet it also struggles with high maternal mortality compared with other wealthy nations, uneven access to care, mental health crises, substance use deaths, and health disparities linked to income, race, geography, and insurance status. In other words, the US has the medical capacity to