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A MOOC on Global Adolescent Health
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.
Adolescent women’s need for SRH services
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.
YERP – Young people making change
Introducing Yerp – an interactive toolkit of information to support one big idea – that young people have an important role in shaping the present and future.
Até mais ver – Until I see you again
Dr Carmen Barroso announces her retirement from the Directorship of the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR), for March 2016.
Global Financing Facility in Support of Every Woman Every Child
The United Nations, the World Bank Group, and the Governments of Canada, Norway and the United States joined country and global health leaders on July 13 to launch the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in support of Every Woman Every Child.
Women and Girls Rising
Congratulations Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern (one of our Lancet Commissioners) on the publication of “Women and Girls Rising – Progress and resistance around the world”.
Progress for Children
This eleventh edition of Progress for Children Beyond Averages: Learning from the MDGs (No. 11) is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals.
Health for the World’s Adolescents
‘A second chance in the second decade’ is an interactive, online report that describes why adolescents need specific attention, distinct from children and adults.
The Lancet Commission on Health & Climate Change
The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change maps out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, to ensure the highest attainable standards of health for populations worldwide.
Suicide is now the biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide
A new World Health Organization report has found that suicide is the leading cause of death worldwide for girls between the ages of 15 and 19.
‘Baby blues’ starts before pregnancy, often in adolescent years
New research has found that 85% of women who experienced perinatal depression had a history of mental health problems, usually starting in their adolescent years.
USAID-Approved YouthPower Award Announcement
New initiative to facilitate leadership in the field of positive youth development, funded by USAID.