The world has much to do to achieve the International Conference on Population and Development's adolescent-health objectives

Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman

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“…Six years later, selected aspects of adolescent health were an integral part of the MDGs. However, although adolescents were specifically mentioned in relation to the goals on maternal mortality reduction and HIV prevention, they were largely neglected in the face of other pressing health and development issues [216]. It was clear as the MDG era was ending and the SDGs were being formulated that adolescents should not be left behind.…”

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“…There remains a number of policy gaps. For example, the National Policy and Plan of Action on Disability [214], the second draft of the disability-related 10-Year National Policy and Plan of Action [215], and the recently endorsed Disability Rights Act [216] all remain silent on menstruation-related challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities. Beyond laws and policies, persistent challenges include assuring collaboration across the many sectors and actors working on the issue of menstruation.…”

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The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development

Chandra-Mouli

Ferguson²,

Plesons

et al. 2019

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Among the groundbreaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. This article reviews progress made in low-and middle-income countries in the 25 years since the ICPD in six areas central to ASRHdadolescent pregnancy, HIV, child marriage, violence against women and girls, female genital mutilation, and menstrual hygiene and health. It also examines the ICPD's contribution to the progress made. The article presents epidemiologic levels and trends; political, research, programmatic and social responses; and factors that helped or hindered progress. To do so, it draws on research evidence and programmatic experience and the expertise and experiences of a wide number of individuals, including youth leaders, in numerous countries and organizations. Overall, looking across the six health topics over a 25-year trajectory, there has been great progress at the global and regional levels in putting adolescent health, and especially adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, higher on the agenda, raising investment in this area, building the epidemiologic and evidence-base, and setting norms to guide investment and action. At the national level, too, there has been progress in formulating laws and policies, developing strategies and programs and executing them, and engaging communities and societies in moving the agenda forward. Still, progress has been uneven across issues and geography. Furthermore, it has raced ahead sometimes and has stalled at others. The ICPD's Plan of Action contributed to the progress made in ASRH not just because of its bold call in 1994 but also because it provided a springboard for advocacy, investment, action, and research that remains important to this day.

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The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development

Chandra-Mouli

Ferguson²,

Plesons

et al. 2019

Journal of Adolescent Health

104

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“…However, the critical investments needed to ensure adolescents’ successful transitions into adulthood were largely neglected in the face of other pressing issues. 3 The consensus from the MDG experience – that adolescents should not be left behind – resulted in their strong presence in the Sustainable Development Goals.…”

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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights: a stock-taking and call-to-action on the 25th anniversary of the international conference on population and development

Chandra-Mouli

Plesons

Barua³

et al. 2019

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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The world has much to do to achieve the International Conference on Population and Development's adolescent-health objectives

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The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development

The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights: a stock-taking and call-to-action on the 25th anniversary of the international conference on population and development

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