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MAU 29 - The globe is at risk of losing $110 trillion between this year and 2050 if no investments are allocated to the adolescent age group. According to Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |

While progress has been made in some areas of improving adolescent well-being, significant challenges persist, placing the well-being of adolescents at risk.

The long-term health and well-being of adolescents globally can only be achieved if governments and organizations start seeing young people for the unique population they are and addressing their needs accordingly. That means investing in youth-specific interventions but also supporting solutions created by young people themselves, experts, on the sidelines of the United Nations’ General Assembly on 18 September 2022, told a packed room.In New York City, the Clinton Global Initiative together ...

On Aug 10, 2023, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) released the initial results from the What Young People Want survey. The survey involves completing a single sentence: “to improve my well-being, I want...” More than 1·1 million young people and adolescents age 24 years and younger have participated so far, at a rate of around 50 000 per week. “I want to stop child marriage in my village”, stated an Indian woman aged 19 years. “I want paved roads in my...

In honour of this year’s theme for International Youth Day on 12 August, ‘Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World’, I am thrilled to spotlight our PMNCH Adolescents & Youth constituency (AYC) for their remarkable leadership in climate change action. They play a crucial role in driving the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change campaign and Global Forum for Adolescents, which highlights the need for a green transition to ensure the well-being of current and future generations o...

At the Women Deliver 2023 conference that took place from 17-20 July in Kigali, Rwanda, the largest gathering on gender equality globally, PMNCH and partners ensured young people were at the center of pivotal conversations on gender equality, health and well-being. "Nobody can tell a story better than those who lived it," said Darshana Rijal, a Women Deliver young leader who spoke at a PMNCH event, encouraging leaders and decision-makers to prioritize the experiences of young people.�...

A rising global movement of 1.8 billion young people calls for greater attention to policy and financing for their health and well-being.