Adolescent and Young Adult Health

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.

About us

Technical areas of work

School health

Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescent (AA-HA!)

Universal health coverage

Resource bank for adolescent health

Y-Check: adolescent health and wellbeing check ups

Global data on adolescent and young adult health

Research on adolescent and young adult health

Monitoring and Evaluation

Policy and Strategy

Adolescent and youth and COVID-19: Resources for care

Partnerships and initiatives

Making Every School a Health Promoting School

UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development

UN Youth Strategy

H6+ Adolescent Health

Networks and Advisory Groups

Adolescent and Youth Health TAG on COVID-19

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of Experts on Educational Institutions and COVID-19

The Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA)

Our activities

Setting standards for adolescent care

Strengthening data on adolescent health and well-being

Strengthening adolescent-responsive health systems

Promoting adolescent well-being

Investing in school health

Latest publications

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Working for a brighter, healthier future: how WHO improves health and promotes well-being for the world’s adolescents, 3rd ed.

WHO continues to strengthen its work for adolescent health and well-being through a coordinated approach led by the HQ Interdepartmental Technical Working...

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Making every school a health-promoting school: implementation guidance for school health services

Schools are powerful platforms for improving health and well-being. This guidance provides practical strategies to implement and strengthen school health...

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Competency and outcomes framework for adolescent health and well-being

This document describes health workers’ competencies and behaviours necessary to advance universal health coverage for the world’s adolescents....

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Global standards for quality health care services for adolescents

This publication is an updated version of the document published in “2015” under the title “Global standards for quality health-care...

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Selected guidelines

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...

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Guideline: implementing effective actions for improving adolescent nutrition

This publication is a derivative product summarizing the global, evidence-informed recommendations and principles of the World Health Organization that...

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Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

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...

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