Selected global adolescent health events and publications
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2014
- Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health
- WHO Health for the world’s adolescents
- WHO 2014 Global status report on alcohol and health
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2013
- BYND 2015 Global Youth Summit, Costa Rica
- UN System Wide Action Plan on Young People
- UNFPA Motherhood in Childhood – facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy
- WHO Noncommunicable disease strategy and monitoring plan 1
- WHO HIV and adolescents: guidance for HIV testing and counselling and care for adolescents living with HIV
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2012
- ICPD post 2014 Global Youth Forum, Bali
- Second Lancet Series published
- 50 year trends in adolescent mortality (Viner et al, Lancet)
- UN Commission on Population and Development: Resolution on Adolescents and Youth
- UNICEF Progress of Nations publication: Adolescent Report Card
- UNFPA Marrying Too Young- end child marriage
- WHO Guidelines on preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes
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2011
- UN General Assembly Special Session on Non-communicable Diseases
- UNICEF State of the World’s Children: Adolescence an Age of Opportunity
- World Health Assembly Resolution 64.28: Youth and health risks
- First detailed analysis of DALYs lost during adolescence (Gore et al, Lancet)
- WHO, Global status report on alcohol and health 2
- WHO The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents. Research issues in developing countries
2010
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2010
- International Year of Youth: Dialogue and mutual understanding
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2009
- Centre for Global Development Start with a Girl: a new agenda for global health
- First detailed analysis of mortality among adolescents (Patton et al, Lancet)
- UNESCO et al International technical guidance on sexuality education
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2008
- WHO and UNICEF World report on child injury prevention 3
- Interagency Task Team Policy Briefs on Young People and HIV
- Convention on the Rights of the Child. General comment on adolescent health
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2007
- First Lancet Series on Adolescent Health published
- World Bank Development Report 2007: Development and the Next generation
- WHO, Youth and road safety
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2006
- First Youth Supplement to UNFPA’s State of the World Population Report
- High Level Political Declaration on AIDS 4
- UN Secretary-General’s study on violence against children
- WHO Technical Report Series 938: Preventing HIV/AIDS in young people. A systematic review of evidence from developing countries
2005
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2005
- UN World youth report: Young people today and in 2015
- National Academy of Sciences, Growing up Global: the Changing Transitions to Adulthood in developing Countries
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2003
- First Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) launched
- WHO Framework convention on tobacco control
- UN World youth report: the global situation of young people
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2002
- UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- UN Declaration of Commitment: A World Fit for Children 6
- WHO World report on violence and health 5
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2001
- UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
- UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Global Crisis Global Action 7
2000
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2000
- Millennium Development Goals adopted 8
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1999
- 5-year follow-up to International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD +5) 10
- International consultation on tobacco and youth: what in the world works?
- WHO Technical Report Series 886: Programming for adolescent health and development (WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF) 9
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1997
- World Programme of Action for Youth
- WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF Action for Adolescent Health: towards a common agenda
1995
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1995
- WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF Study Group on Programming for Adolescent Health and Development
- UN Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing)
- WHO and UNICEF A picture of health? A review of the health of young people in developing countries
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1994
- International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) 11
1990
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1990
- World Summit for Children
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) ratified 12
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1989
- World Health Assembly Technical Discussions on the health of youth
- World Health Assembly Resolution 42.41 Health of youth
- The reproductive health of adolescents: a strategy for action (WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF)
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1987
- International Association of Adolescent Health (IAAH) established
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1986
- WHO Technical Report Series 731: Young people's health – a challenge for society
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1985
- International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace
- World Health Assembly Resolution 38.22 Maturity before childbearing
References:
1. Includes indicators on adolescents
2. Includes a section on young people
3. Focuses only on unintentional or ‘accidental’ injuries under 18/20 years
4. A focus on young people reaffirmed
5. Including chapters on sexual and youth violence among children and adolescence
6. An explicit focus on adolescents included, with targets
7. Explicit targets for young people included
8. A focus on adolescents/young people explicitly included in MDGs 1, 3, 5 and 6
9. Common framework for programming outlined that formed the basis for much subsequent programming for adolescent health
10. Expansion of areas to address ARSH (including HIV)
11. Adolescents sexual and reproductive health needs/rights placed on the international agenda
12. Child defined as up to the age of 18 years: rights clearly defined for the majority of adolescents
