Celebrating International Adolescent Health Week 2023

Featured publications

Students with visual impairment in classroom, Ethiopia © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023

Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes.

21st March 2023

2023-03-21 07:12:46

Adolescents in Amman, Jordan © Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE 2023

Adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region: leaving no one behind

The extent of acknowledgment of adolescents and their health issues and actions to address them vary from country to country and within countries. Any investment in adolescent health in the region is expected to produce triple dividend that will impact adolescents of today, future adults and the future generations.

12th January 2023

2023-01-12 08:41:23

Improving Menstrual Health Literacy Through Life-Skills Programming in Rural Ethiopia

This analysis helps fill the evidence gap on “what works” to improve menstrual health literacy in rural low- and middle-income contexts.

14th July 2022

2022-07-14 12:17:01

Adolescent girl fetching water in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

‘They did not take me to a clinic’: Ethiopian adolescents’ access to health and nutrition informatio...

Changes in Ethiopian adolescents’ physical health, including nutrition and sexual and reproductive health, in the two years since the baseline.

20th November 2020

2020-11-20 04:49:07

Leave no one behind: adolescents with disabilities in Jordan

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), committed to leaving no one behind, include targets for people with disabilities on access to…

22nd July 2019

2019-07-22 07:48:28

Young women involved in commercial sex work in urban Ethiopia: experiences, drivers and implications...

The Strategy emphasizes that health extension workers can play critical roles in expanding SRH information and services, especially in rural and remote areas where awareness is low and access to services is limited.

27th February 2023

2023-02-27 07:00:08

Health Publications

Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes.

21st March 2023

2023-03-21 07:12:46

‘I want someone to ask me why I’m sad and to listen to me’: Adolescent psychosocial well-being in Jo...

This policy brief, which draws on mixed-methods data collected between 2018 and 2022 as part of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme, aims to contribute to this dialogue by strengthening the evidence base on the psychosocial well-being of adolescents in Jordan.

17th March 2023

2023-03-17 08:29:51

Analysing Adolescent Education and Health Trajectories in Crisis Contexts: Examples From a Multi-Yea...

This article presents the methodological opportunities and challenges involved in analyzing such datasets, and seeks to offer insights for researchers undertaking qualitative longitudinal research.

24th February 2023

2023-02-24 10:37:34

Do Gender-Based Pathways Influence Mental Health? Examining the Linkages Between Early Child Marriag...

Article examining the relationship between early child marriage and psychological well-being and assessing if intimate partner violence mediates this relationship among young women.

22nd March 2022

2022-03-22 17:32:41

Adolescents in Dhaka © Nathalie Bertrams

Exploring older adolescents' (age 15–19) perceptions about substance abuse in urban slums: Policy br...

Policy brief exploring the experiences of adolescents in urban slums in Bangladesh with substance abuse

7th June 2021

2021-06-07 12:41:04

Adolescent access to health services in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: The case of the Gaza...

This article explores adolescents’ access to health services in the Gaza Strip, and their experiences and perceptions of those services.

24th May 2021

2021-05-24 09:56:08

Sexual and reproductive health Publications

Agency and role models: Do they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health?

This article examines the relationship between agency, role models and sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent girls in Ethiopia.

17th October 2023

2023-10-17 08:16:35

Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability,...

We present the protocol for a multi-country implementation research study in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to prepare and support facilitators to deliver CSE in out-of-school settings.

13th July 2023

2023-07-13 08:41:29