Youth Commissioners and Reviewers of the 2nd Lancet Commission on #AdolescentHealth and Wellbeing in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦

The Lancet Youth Doc Shakira Choonara Surabhi Dogra Dr. David Imbago-Jácome 🇵🇸 Tina Mensa-Kwao Yanhui Dong Dr. Olivia Biermann

🔊🔊🔊 Be a part of the next generation of #GlobalHealth #changemakers ! Emerging Voices for Global Health ( #EV4GH ) is now accepting applications for its 9th venture - EV 2024.

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Great to see Elisa Muzii's blog on embracing creativity published International Health Policies network & blog. ! Elisa worked on this as part of our Advanced Course on Health Systems and Policy Karolinska Institutet. Thank you Kristof Decoster & Ismael Kawooya for your wonderful collaboration. 👉 internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-artic….

🚀 Join the Nordic #MHPSS #Youth Network. Invited are entities from Nordic countries, especially those with youth in humanitarian settings, refugee/migrant youth, academic institutions & affected communities.
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Looking forward to this week in Bangladesh with Sara Bylund Karolinska Institutet where we will be preparing the The Lancet Youth case study on The GFF and investment in adolescent health and wellbeing. 🇧🇩

We held a roundtable discussion Karolinska Institutet on the political economy of adolescent mental health & wellbeing 🇸🇪. Around 30 key stakeholders contributed to the discussions and built bridges for collaboration. #1point8
news.ki.se/insightful-rou… Mariam Claeson stefan swartling peterson

On my way to Stockholm where my dear friend Lisa is defending her PhD thesis today. Her work is about movement behavior and #mentalhealth in office workers. gih.diva-portal.org/smash/coming.j…

🗞️World leaders are responding to young people's demands around their well-being!
Here's a recap of Government commitments announced at the Global Forum for Adolescents
✅More investments
✅Better policies
✅Smarter programmes
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Helen Clark Dr Flavia Bustreo Helga Fogstad…

Gobierno de Honduras Noemi Espinoza Enrique Reina Botswana Government Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K Masisi Development Canada Foreign Policy CAN UN Liberia Malawi Government🇲🇼 Guillermo Santiago Imjuve gob.mx Andrés Manuel Andrea Tovar Saavedra República Portuguesa Government of Sint Maarten Silveria Jacobs African Union European Commission Government of Nigeria HHS.gov ADM Rachel Levine Pepe Ruales Ministerio de Salud Pública 🇪🇨 Dr. David Imbago-Jácome 🇵🇸 PMNCH and #1point8 commend Ethiopia 🇪🇹 for its commitment to adolescent well-being in line with the Agenda for Action for Adolescents.
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@FmoHealth Lia Tadesse

🗣️I highlighted the contrast b/w policymakers having the choice to weigh the cost-benefit of investing in adolescent wellbeing
👧🏽while many #adolescents do not have the luxury of making a choice. The most vulnerable adolescents will be forced to pay the price of inaction
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📣JUST LAUNCHED: 'Adolescents in a changing world: the case for urgent investment' Interim Summary

📈Cost of inaction on #adolescenthealth & well-being is very high!
💲Estimated cost: at least US$20.5 trillion
🌐amounting to 6.1% of Global GDP by 2035

🔗pmnch.who.int/resources/publ…

Interested in the political economy of introducing sugar-sweetened beverage, tobacco & alcohol taxes? Join a webinar launching a BMJ Global Health special collection on #HealthTaxes .

Thurs, 12 Oct, 9:00-10:30 WEST (Marrakech time).

Register > ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/event…

In the session on 'Mental health: Youth leaders break the silence', young advocates shared what is needed to create good #mentalhealth services

Kudos to Dr. Olivia Biermann Mariam Claeson Seika Brown, all youth speakers & organising team for the engaging discussion

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