ISSN: 2456-8651 International Journal of Engineering Science Technologies September-October 2020, Vol 4(05), 51 – 59 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29121/IJOEST.v4.i5.2020.117 © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 51 COVID-19: IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Ammar Samout *1 , Boutheina Marnissi 2 *1 Department of Management Science, Faculty of Economics and Management of SFax- Tunisia. 2 Laboratory of Epidemiology and Veterinary Microbiology, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia DOI: https://doi.org/10.29121/IJOEST.v4.i5.2020.117 Article Type: Research Article Article Citation: Ammar Samout, and Boutheina Marnissi. (2020). COVID-19: IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. International Journal of Engineering Science Technologies, 4(5), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.29121/IJOEST.v 4.i5.2020.117 Received Date: 5 August 2020 Accepted Date: 28 September 2020 Keywords: Covid-19 Health Crisis Sustainable Development Goals ABSTRACT In this article, we are interested in what extent and how the COVID-19 health crisis affects the goal of sustainable development. So, after defining the concept of sustainable development and its pillars, this article recommends evaluating the impact of the health crisis on the sustainability of development. And to answer this question, we chose a method that involves first reviewing the theoretical literature on the subject and then continuing to study the impact of COVID-19 on many sustainable development goals. 1. INTRODUCTION The health crisis of covid-19 has evolved into a pandemic, triggering an unprecedented global economic crisis. This crisis has raised questions about the stability of the balance to ensure world food security. Today's production and consumption patterns are questionable. This epidemic highlights the existing weaknesses and inequalities in the health system, as well as the agricultural and food systems. The extent of the crisis is difficult to predict, but it will inevitably have a negative impact on our national economy. According to the latest estimates of the International Monetary Fund, the crisis identified by the World Health Organization as a “major global health crisis of the current era” will cause losses to the world economy, and there will be three quarters of growth points by 2020, mainly due to Due to confinement. More than 3 billion residents and borders closed. « Tunisia will be strongly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Its impact on the national economy will be serious. ». "This is especially the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) imagination of Tunisia's economic situation in 2020.