Child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) is an urgent yet persistently overlooked issue in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region, demanding greater attention from governments and donors.
This paper explores the barriers to implementing comprehensive sexuality education in Egypt’s formal education system and highlights how institutional silence, gender norms, and misinformation continue to endanger young people’s health and autonomy.
This study explored teenage mothers' narratives on challenges and resilience in alternative secondary education pathways (ASEP).
Zambia has witnessed a surge in teenage pregnancies at the primary school level since the introduction of the school pregnancy re-entry policy (REP) in 1997, which replaced the expulsion policy, resulting in some stakeholders questioning its worth.
Across Eastern and Southern Africa, many pregnant and parenting adolescents remain excluded from school despite growing commitments to their right to education.
This is the first comprehensive study of adolescent school students’ needs, school-related factors impacting the mental health and well-being of adolescent students, and review of existing policies and school strategies for addressing adolescents’ mental health issues in Uzbekistan.
UNICEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Research, conducted a comprehensive assessment of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities with the participation of 968 schools, representing more than 80% of the total number of educational institutions in Moldova.
A comprehensive situational analysis is essential to understanding the scope, prevalence, and underlying drivers of adolescent substance use in Belize.
This report is the outcome of the project titled 'Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mapping: India'. It provides a critical overview of the current mental health ecosystem for young people in the country.
The study of the assessment of health behaviours in school-aged children aims to enhance our understanding of healthy adolescent behaviours, as well as adolescent health, and well-being in their social context.