Cet appel est le résultat principal d'une conférence régionale sur l’éducation à la santé de la reproduction qui a eu lieu à Dakar, Sénégal, du 7 au 9 octobre 2015 et a réuni des participants de 17 pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, y compris des représentants des ministères de l’Éducat

Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to HIV, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies.

Gender-based discrimination remains one of the greatest threats to women's health and lives worldwide, despite domestic, regional, and international human rights guarantees of equality, reproductive and sexual rights, and a range of other rights.

The lack of universal access to women's reproductive health services has contributed to the collective failure to be on target to achieve the MDGs by 2015.

This paper reviews and describes research practices and program interventions addressing the sexual and reproductive health of very young adolescents (VYA) and identifies promising program components and research/evaluation practices.