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Over a billion adolescents face a major health crisis by 2030

By 2030, more than a billion adolescents aged 10 to 24 will still be growing up in countries where basic health risks remain widespread. Issues like HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, poor mental health, malnutrition, and injury are expected to continue threatening adolescent well-being – despite being largely preventable or treatable. These are the findings […]

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‘Female adolescent struggles are often overlooked’ – health and wellbeing experts

Despite significant global investment in programmes for adolescent girls and young women, this group continues to carry the burden of HIV, child marriages, female genital mutilation, unmet needs for contraception and high levels of teenage pregnancy. Dr Shakira Choonara and Surabhi Dogra discuss some of these struggles. Read more here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-17-female-adolescent-struggles-are-often-overlooked-health-and-wellbeing-experts/

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