This document complements the recommendations to establish and sustain health promotion in schools set out in the Guidelines to Promote Health in Schools document.

A growing body of evidence exists to demonstrate what constitutes an effective school-based sexuality education programme.

The document summarizes priority areas for WHO action based on global evidence. Improving the health and development of children and adolescents means that WHO will need to shape its implementation of the strategy to the epidemiological needs of specific regions and countries.