| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2423-2478 |
| Number of pages | 56 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Volume | 387 |
| Issue number | 10036 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jun 2016 |
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In: The Lancet, Vol. 387, No. 10036, 11.06.2016, p. 2423-2478.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Our future
T2 - a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar
N1 - Funding Information: Effective accountability requires independent review. A crucial question relates to the structures that would most effectively provide that oversight. Responsibility for adolescent health and wellbeing at a global level is currently dispersed across many agencies. For example, within the UN these include WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNESCO, and UNODC. Each agency has its own emphasis and particular age mandate. Greater coordination and stronger inter-agency partnerships, supported by funding partners, will be essential for progress. Whether this can be achieved without the creation of a global focal point for adolescent health and wellbeing within the UN system is an important question. The establishment of networks that bring together the global constituents for adolescent health and wellbeing will also be essential in galvanising and reviewing action, mobilising and growing global resources including funding, technical and research capacity, processes for youth advocacy, and frameworks for intersectoral action. This Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing is an example of such a process. Its continuation as a Standing Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing will allow a broadening of these activities in the coming years. The extension of the UN Secretary-General's Every Woman, Every Child to adolescents, within the Sustainable Development Goal Agenda, provides the most important single opportunity for the health and wellbeing of the world's adolescents, and its Independent Accountability Panel will play a crucial role in catalysing these processes in the coming years.
PY - 2016/6/11
Y1 - 2016/6/11
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27174304
AN - SCOPUS:84975154524
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 387
SP - 2423
EP - 2478
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 10036
ER -