Jun 30, 2025 · Older adolescent girls are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence. Pregnancy complications and unsafe abortions are the leading causes of death among 15-19-year …

Nov 13, 2025 · WHO/Europe supports countries to improve the mental health and well-being of children, adolescents and young people. Childhood, adolescence and young adulthood are critical stages of …

Childhood and adolescence are critical stages of life for mental health. This is a time when rapid growth and development take place in the brain. Children and adolescents acquire cognitive and social …

May 20, 2025 · Many adolescent health domains, especially in the digital space, are still under-researched and under-reported. Schools are another critical front. That’s why WHO, with UNESCO …

This document describes health workers’ competencies and behaviours necessary to advance universal health coverage for the world’s adolescents. The framework proposes an adolescent-specific …

This page provides information on adolescent health policies and programs implemented by countries to support the well-being of adolescents.

Optimal nutrition practices can have profound benefits for the current and future health and well-being of adolescents.

Jan 1, 2017 · Adolescents are not simply old children or young adults. This deceptively simple observation lies at the heart of Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): …

WHO offers a comprehensive set of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to support maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) programmes. These tools guide the collection, …

This Advisory calls attention to the growing concerns about the effects of social media on youth mental health. It explores and describes the current evidence on the positive and negative impacts of social …