The phrase "achieving basic needs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about human development, social services, or economic conditions where the focus is on fulfilling essential requirements for survival and well-being.
Example: "The organization focuses on achieving basic needs such as food, shelter, and healthcare for the underprivileged communities."
Alternatives: "meeting fundamental needs" or "fulfilling essential needs".
This may explain why the incidence and impact of strikes is more frequent in developing countries where people are still struggling to achieve basic physiological needs such as food, shelter and healthcare.
In reality, those who achieve basic skills also need further opportunities; language learning should be high priority, to create a competitive workforce in the global economy; and all adults need access to education – in order to be, to do, to live together and to know (in the words of the 1996 Delors report).
Useful as these debates are in laying down certain principles, ultimately the practical aspects of implementation and resource constraints will determine what is workable in a country-specific setting for achieving the basic need of safe drinking water and sanitation.
Residual body impairment from prior surgeries may further worsen activity limitation, and a longer time may be needed to achieve basic functional independence.
If we want to achieve basic education for all of these children, Unesco says, we will need to close a funding gap of $26bn annually.
Even a worker with no kids living in Hanson would need to earn $10.20 an hour to achieve basic economic security, according to WOW researchers.
Instead of pandering to the law's opponents, whoever wins the Democratic nomination needs to seize what may be the country's last opportunity to achieve basic fairness in public education.
Hemsley et al. reported that nurses who took the time to communicate applied "a range of strategies to achieve success in basic needs communication (p. 116).
Replacements may also be costly (and may be lacking in appropriate skills, languages and cultural sensitivity), thus creating potential problems in satisfying basic needs, achieving sustainable health strategies and developing healthy islands.
