Adolescent and Young Adult Health Unit
The Adolescent and Young Adult Health Unit (AYH) leads and coordinates WHO-wide efforts to improve the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults.
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This topic brief highlights how promoting mental health and well-being supports the achievement of education and learning objectives, and explains how...
This topic brief highlights how addressing substance use supports the achievement of education and learning objectives, and explains how intervention benefits...
Selected guidelines
1 January 2019
School-based violence prevention: a practical handbook
Each year up to 1 billion children experience some form of physical, sexual or psychological violence or neglect. Being a victim of violence in childhood...
This publication is a derivative product summarizing the global, evidence-informed recommendations and principles of the World Health Organization that...
Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children...
13 January 2015
Preventing youth violence: an overview of the evidence
Worldwide, an estimated 200 000 homicides occur each year among youth and young adults aged 10–29 years, making homicide the fourth leading cause...
Levels and trends
7 April 2022
The global all-cause morbidity and mortality burden in adolescents by country income groups, age and...
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