16 January 2017 -- WHO in collaboration with other UN agencies and in consultation with youth, Member States and major partners, has drafted global implementation guidance for Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA! guidance). AA-HA! is here to make sure the needs of every adolescent are being met and that they can get access to appropriate healthcare, education and social support, in a safe and healthy environment. A consultation was held from 15th December 2016 to 15th January 2017. Input was requested from governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, youth groups and citizens.
May 2016 -- The largest generation of adolescents in human history (1.2 billion) face unprecedented social, economic, and cultural change according to a new Lancet Report: Our Future: A Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. The Report and related Commission bring together perspectives from public health, economics, political and social science, behavioural science and neuroscience to consider strategies to advance adolescent health and wellbeing, and call for adolescents themselves to be part of the change and accountability mechanisms.
October 2015 -- New Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents have been published by WHO and UNAIDS. Existing health services often fail the world’s adolescents (10-19-year-olds). Many adolescents who suffer from mental health disorders, substance use, poor nutrition, intentional injuries and chronic illness do not have access to critical prevention and care services.
"Health for the world’s adolescents" is a dynamic, multimedia, online report. It describes why adolescents need specific attention, distinct from children and adults. It presents a global overview of adolescents’ health and health-related behaviours, including the latest data and trends, and discusses the determinants that influence their health and behaviours.
It reflects the achievements in developing the evidence base for action and touches on new interventions, new research and new delivery mechanisms. It also features adolescents’ own perspectives on their health needs.
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- Building an adolescent-competent workforce
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Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly