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A regular Monday night talking agriculture reform with the prolific Profs Binka Fred, Philip Adongo and David Ross over Thai food in Accra.

Are you at #WHA76 this week? Be sure to visit our booth and learn all about how World Health Organization (WHO) is committing to #GenderEquality, #HumanRights & #HealthEquity in its work. #HealthForAll

We’re standing together for #genderequality, #humanrights and #healthequity at #WHA76

This is a wonderful and committed team! Please send in your applications now 👇

Are you an individual and/or organisations interested in co-designing and implementing a longitudinal qualitative study on #SRH? We are requesting expression of interest for for country research partners in Mali, Niger and Sierra Leone. Find out more 👇gage.odi.org/2023/06/the-fo…

Delighted to join the #GANN meeting this week and discuss among other things conceptual frameworks for #adolescent #nutrition- great work being done by the network on this understudied area- got to introduce the #ycheck check-up study #Zimbabwe Prerna Banati International Statistics and Epidemiology Group

Friends, please circulate/ apply!

A wonderful week in beautiful #CapeTown with the amazing The Lancet Youth adolescent health and well-being Commissioners. Thanks to HSRC.ac.za & The Lancet for making these important conversations possible. Caroline Kabiru Susan Sawyer AM Sabine Kleinert Doc Shakira Choonara Jason Nagata, MD Tina Mensa-Kwao

Working hard while having fun!

With 1.3 billion adolescents in the world today - that's 16 per cent of society- it's an important topic Wilton Park this week. We'll be asking how the latest scientific findings on how the adolescent brain develops are important for how we treat our 10-18 year olds.

Green fields and golden sunshine Wilton Park makes for inspiring discussions- what is the paradigm shift needed to tackle adversity in adolescents? UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO) UN Office on Drugs & Crime Save the Children UK

(Meeting) room with a view Wilton Park

What’s missing in the design of transformational public policy for adolescents? Their voices. An amazing group Wilton Park agrees it’s time for change. Great discussions and we even had time to smell the roses

Fragmented policy landscape for adolescents means the most vulnerable fall through the cracks. We need more heart put into how we care for children who face adversity. ❤️Wilton Park UN Office on Drugs & Crime SAVE International UNICEF

How can we support adolescents affected by adversity? 1. Multideterministic causes of outcomes require holistic systems based responses 2. Community, family and peers are key to success 3. Include adolescents meaningfully and song the policy cycle Wilton Park

Happy #DayOfTheGirl! WHO highlights 6 priority action areas to improve adolescent health & #SRHR. 🔹prevent teenage pregnancy 🔹end harmful practices 🔹reduce #STIs 🔹end #VAWG 🔹improve mental health 🔹promote nutrition Find out more▶️bit.ly/3Yhv6Yn

Applications open! for the 2025 LSHTM/WHO Global Adolescent Health Short-Course lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/… Prerna Banati Nambusi Kyegombe MARCH Centre, LSHTM UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO) UNFPA Rashida Abbas Ferrand Chido Dziva Chikwari

.Prerna Banati: "We found policy frameworks applied to adolescent health, but not designed for adolescent health—thus, this was created."

In summary, addressing adolescent health requires a multifaceted approach that integrates robust data, a skilled workforce, and inclusive policymaking.

📘Essential reading on International #DayOfTheGirl Child! Commentaries & articles in Journal of Adolescent Health supplement on progress, challenges & opportunities for improving adolescents' #SRHR. 👉bit.ly/4dgBymM