This publication has been developed to support the implementation of the WHO Guidelines on mental health promotive and preventive interventions for adolescents, released in 2020. The Toolkit includes a core set of evidence-informed strategies to promote and protect adolescent mental health.
This document describes health workers’ competencies and behaviours necessary to advance universal health coverage for the world’s adolescents.
This technical report describes the prevalence, risk factors for, and consequences of child corporal punishment, which it defines as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light”.
This guidance supports countries in strengthening and using data on adolescent health and well-being for effective decision-making and action.
The Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI), a school-based health and nutrition program is being adopted as the platform on which to implement a set of school-based health and nutrition activities aimed at improving the school environment to make it more nutrition sensitive.
The objectives of this guideline are the same as those of the 2011 edition, namely to provide evidence-based normative guidance on interventions to improve adolescent morbidity and mortality by reducing the chances of early pregnancy and its resulting poor health outcomes.
Schools play a key role in providing safe, nurturing environments that lay the foundation for learners to grow, learn and become healthy, educated, engaged citizens.
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH.
This technical brief outlines key policy and programme landscape, trends and challenges related to adolescent pregnancy in South Asia.
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH.