The Faculty of Health Sciences and the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Medicine invite you to:
“Adolescent and Youth Wellbeing in the Arab region: Challenges and Promises of the Second Decade of Life”
December 13–14, 2016 | Bathish Auditorium, West Hall,
American University of Beirut
The time is right for a regional conference on adolescents and young adults that consolidates global and regional evidence on the health of adolescents and programs that work to enhance their wellbeing. The conference – Adolescent and youth wellbeing in the Arab region: Challenges and promises of the second decade of life; A partnership for and with youth – is co-organised by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Medicine. The conference approaches youth as positive forces in their communities, and considers their wellbeing to be linked to a constellation of factors within and beyond the health sector. It aims to highlight the potential and promise of young people and to engage them effectively in discussions of their realities, hopes and mechanisms to enable their wellbeing and thriving.
Please register your attendance here.
This conference will serve as:
- A regional launching pad for the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
- A platform for communication of global and regional evidence on adolescent and youth health
- An opportunity for dialogue around the future adolescent and youth health agenda in research, practice and policy in the Arab region
Agenda and Concept Note
