Unleashing the power of a generation

International delegates to the Global Adolescent Health Conference—including cabinet ministers, high-level officials from the United Nations and the World Health Organization—will focus this week on four issue pillars: nutrition; sexual and reproductive health and rights; mental health; and data.
There are about 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24—the largest youth population ever. Many of them are concentrated in developing countries. In fact, in the world’s 48 least developed countries, children or adolescents make up a majority of the population.Office of ...

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