Transitions and Trends in Adolescent Health - Cate Lane

1. Transitions and Trends in
Adolescent Health
October 13 2016
Cate Lane USAID (on behalf of Mychelle Farmer, JHPIEGO)

2. Transition in Health Policy:
Millennium Development Goals, 2000-15
 Developed and adopted in
2000 at UN’s Millennium
Summit
 Eight time-bound goals,
through 2015
 Specific targets
 Emphasis on poverty
reduction
 Accepted by all member
states
 What’s missing?

3. Transition in Health Policy: SDGs
2015-30
Adopted by UNGA in 2015
17 global goals for
sustainable development
Guides policy, funding
through 2030
Focus on missing elements
of MDGs

4. Courtesy of NCD Alliance
http://www.ncdalliance.org/sites/default/files/files/Two_pages_NCDs_in_SDGs_forWeb.pdf

5. Youth Bulge, Demographic Dividend, and
Considerations for SDGs
Today, 1.8 Billion young
people worldwide
Improved health
outcomes for youth are
linked to multiple SDGs-
Economic- SDG 1, 8, 10
Environment- 7,11,13
Education/equity- 4, 5

6. Demographic Dividend: Reaching our
potential as Young People and Nations
A video by Population
Reference Bureau
https://youtu.be/0QDD
9IldNi4

7. Benefits of Youth Bulge
 Education, including
comprehensive sexuality
education, will provide dual
benefits of increased
employment, enhanced
economic potential, and
improved health outcomes.
 Youth leadership becomes
a reality, through skilled
youth labor force

8. Threats to Demographic Dividend
 Inadequate access to health
care, including access to
contraceptives
 Poor education
 Inequalities
 Political instability
 Lack of youth empowerment

9. Questions? Thank You!
Cate Lane
clane@usaid.gov