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A number of ministers from member states convened to amplify adolescent- and youth-specific commitments at Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World: High-level luncheon dialogue, a United Nations General Assembly side event hosted by the government of Honduras and organized by PMNCH, FIA Foundation, Plan International, UNFPA, the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The commitments had been made as part of the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change campaign in a bid to improve adolescent health in consultation with youth. Pushing those commitments forward, speakers at the 19 September event asked how such commitments can be actioned on a practical level and done so in partnership with adolescents and young people.There are currently 1.8 billion adolescents in the world today. Dr. Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage and Life Course at the World Health Organization, told attendees that they are not older childre ....
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The long-term health and well-being of adolescents globally can only be achieved if governments and organizations start seeing young people for the unique population they are and addressing their needs accordingly. That means investing in youth-specific interventions but also supporting solutions created by young people themselves, experts, on the sidelines of the United Nations’ General Assembly on 18 September 2022, told a packed room.In New York City, the Clinton Global Initiative together with Fondation Botnar, convened a variety of leaders, advocates, and youth for 1.8 Billion Futures: How to Secure the Long-term Health and Well-Being of Adolescents and Young People Worldwide."The health and well-being of adolescents and youth is critical to achieving broader health equity,” explained Greg Milne, CEO of the Clinton Foundation.Adolescents currently make up a fifth of the population, equating to 1.8 billion people, and if leaders continue to neglect adolescents, the Sustain ....