News

“The health and wellbeing of our future lies with adolescents” – a blog piece by Georgia Lockwood Estrin.

Our Conference and Publication pages (aka resources tab) have been updated to include the latest publications on adolescent health and wellbeing, and a list of upcoming adolescent focused conferences.

“Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing” is NOW AVAILABLE.

“Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being” is the latest report from the HBSC study. It presents findings from 220 000 young people in 42 countries in Europe & North America.

Introducing our new page dedicated to collating and promoting Global and National, Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Conferences.

We are very proud to announce the appointment of two Commissioners, Carmen Barroso and Dakshitha Wickremarathne onto the Every Woman Every Child’s Independent Accountability Panel.

A new report reviews the status of young people’s sexual and reproductive health in 32 countries across Asia and the Pacific – focusing on the impact of existing policies and programmes, and showcasing best practices in the region.

The 6th of February is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a day to raise awareness of the practice and work towards its elimination.

New publications added

New VicHealth Mental Wellbeing Strategy 2015–2019, launched focusing on adolescents and young adults.

This course will explore the dynamic factors affecting the health and wellbeing of young people around the world, and how important it is for individuals, communities and nations to improve the health and life chances of this important population group.

A new Guttmacher report (Adolescent Women’s Need for and Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Developing Countries) analyses national health surveys and published research findings from 70 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.