WHO Report: "Health for the World's Adolescents"

The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently developing a report, Health for the World’s Adolescents, that will outline recent research and the growing consensus on the importance of adolescent health; and the achievements of the health sector in improving and maintaining the health of the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19 years). The report will present WHO guidance across the organization; highlight the progress Member States have made in making their health sector more responsive to adolescents needs; strengthen and support global initiatives that have an impact on the health of adolescents; and provide a concrete follow-up to the World Health Assembly resolution 64.28 on Youth and Health Risks from 2011.

The report will be released in 2014.

In preparing the report, we recognize that it is vital to incorporate the perspectives of adolescents themselves, as well as health care providers. A webpage has therefore been created through which adolescents and people working to improve their health can make input into the report.