New attention to adolescent health
Adolescent health has come of age. Finally, there is a sense of urgency that action is needed now to make a real difference to the health of adolescents.
There is much to build on. Over the past two decades, there has been a spate of reports and advocacy documents, declarations and milestone publications ∈ academic journals devoted to the health and development of adolescents. There are global goals and targets directed to young people and adolescents and youth are key to on-going and emerging public health agendas to the plans for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Beyond 2014 and, increasingly, to discussions about the post-2105 Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). There has been attention to adolescents ∈ global public health conferences and young people have been the focus of several recent United Nations initiatives and resolutions. Progress has been made ∈ generating interest and commitment for adolescent health at global, regional, and, increasingly, national level.
As this report highlights, however, the increased concern has frequently not been transformed into action.
(Adapted from: http://apps.who.int/adolescent/seconddecade/section1/page1/new-attention-to-adolescenthealth.html).
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