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Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents: Standards and criteria

IsabellaP — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:38:48 +0000

Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents: Standards and criteria IsabellaP Fri, 06/14/2024 - 03:38

Global initiatives are urging countries to prioritize quality as a way of reinforcing human rights-based approaches to health. Yet evidence from both high- and low-income countries shows that services for adolescents are highly fragmented, poorly coordinated and uneven in quality. Pockets of excellent practice exist, but, overall, services need significant improvement and should be brought into conformity with existing guidelines.

The WHO/UNAIDS global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents aim to assist policy-makers and health service planners to improve the quality of health-care services, so that adolescents find it easier to obtain the health services that they need to promote, protect, and improve their health and well-being, according to their needs.

This publication presents global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents, as well as an implementation guide and monitoring tools.

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New evidence on the impact of violence on ART adherence amongst adolescents living with HIV

bbenghomari — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 03:18:38 +0000

New evidence on the impact of violence on ART adherence amongst adolescents living with HIV bbenghomari Fri, 12/15/2023 - 05:18

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Synthesis Report: Identifying Drivers and Mitigators of Adolescent HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk

bbenghomari — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:28:51 +0000

Synthesis Report: Identifying Drivers and Mitigators of Adolescent HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk bbenghomari Tue, 11/28/2023 - 16:28

This synthesis report reflects a comprehensive review of the body of research undertaken through the Evidence-to-Action partnership.

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Translating evidence into practice

bbenghomari — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:08:41 +0000

Translating evidence into practice bbenghomari Tue, 11/28/2023 - 16:08

With support from the Joint UN 2gether 4SRHR programme, a research partnership with the University of Oxford and University of Cape Town was established with the aim to improve HIV, SRH, and the overall well-being of adolescents by providing sustainable and scalable services. The partnership, which was ongoing from 2018 to 2023, investigated drivers of HIV and SRH risk in adolescents, and was committed to generating and using the latest evidence to propose practical solutions, shape programmes and guide decision-making for adolescents.

The results of the partnership are being used in integrating evidence into programming for adolescents throughout the region. They are summarized in a synthesis report, along with the six evidence-to-action briefs featured here.

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Increased Screening for Adolescents at High Risk of Antiretroviral Non-Adherence

Pregnancy and Motherhood among Adolescent Girls Affected by HIV

Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People Affected by HIV

New Evidence and Programming Implications for Adolescent Pathways in HIV Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mental Health and Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence among Adolescents Living with HIV 

New Evidence on the Impact of Violence on ART Adherence amongst Adolescents Living with HIV

Leveraging the Learning from HIV Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls

rlekirkegaard — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:59:01 +0000

Leveraging the Learning from HIV Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls rlekirkegaard Tue, 11/21/2023 - 18:59

This brief, the first in UNICEF's new Leveraging the Learning series, sets out to leverage the learnings from holistic, integrated, multisectoral, and age- and gender-responsive approaches to respond to and reduce early and adolescent pregnancy, support young mothers, and improve health and well-being outcomes for adolescent girls and their children.

Highlighting promising practices for pregnant adolescents living with HIV, the report is relevant for efforts to support all pregnant adolescent girls, regardless of their HIV status.

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Leveraging the Learning: Insights from HIV Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls

ALL IN to #EndAdolescentAIDS

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:34:04 +0000

ALL IN to #EndAdolescentAIDS admin Thu, 01/27/2022 - 23:34

ALL In to #EndAdolescentAIDS

Around the world, an estimated 2.1 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years were living with HIV in 2016. Some 260,000 older adolescents (aged 15–19 years) were newly infected with HIV in 2016, or nearly a new infection every two minutes. Nearly three out of four new infections occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. And adolescent girls continue to be disproportionately affected. Globally, nearly two thirds (65 per cent) of new HIV infections among adolescents aged 15–19 years were among girls.

Progress in preventing new infections among adolescents remains unacceptably slow, with new infections declining by only 14 per cent since 2010. Equally concerning, between 2000 and 2015, annual AIDS-related deaths declined for all age groups except adolescents (aged 10–19 years).

Demographic realities further undermine recent hopeful trends. In sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by HIV, the youth population has begun to explode in size and will continue to do so, with projections indicating that the number of people younger than 20 will double in 2030. That means redoubled efforts will be necessary to prevent an increase in new HIV infections among adolescents.

The ALL IN agenda was introduced to drive social change for better results in adolescents, to improve strategic prioritization and programming for adolescents, and to foster innovation and advocacy to ensure that countries build stronger, more sustainable systems; engage adolescents in the response and provide quality health care. It is a Fast-Track response for adolescents—linked to the Three Frees initiative ('Start Free', 'Stay Free', 'AIDS Free') to accelerate service delivery towards attaining both the 90–90–90 and adolescent specific targets.

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All in to #EndAdolescentAIDS (2016)

All In in ESA: Catalysing the HIV Response for Adolescents

cmannikarottu — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:51:48 +0000

All In in ESA: Catalysing the HIV Response for Adolescents cmannikarottu Thu, 07/19/2018 - 20:51

Building on the collaborative effort that resulted in tremendous progress in scaling up lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa region (ESAR), UNAIDS and UNICEF launched a campaign titled All In to End Adolescent AIDS (All In) in 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya.

This report highlights how All In mobilized partners, engaged adolescents and young people and influenced policies and programmes in the 14 high-burden HIV countries in ESAR. The report documents the progress made in a few short years on adolescent HIV, and offers suggestions and recommendations on how to strengthen strategic information, apply evidence-based programming and mobilize resources for adolescents in the HIV response.

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All In in Eastern and Southern Africa Report (2018)

All In to End the Adolescent AIDS Epidemic: A Progress Report

Andrea — Thu, 18 May 2017 21:14:01 +0000

All In to End the Adolescent AIDS Epidemic: A Progress Report Andrea Fri, 05/19/2017 - 00:14

The purpose of the report is to showcase the significant contributions of many partners to research, innovations, community mobilization, programmes and policy actions aimed at ending the AIDS epidemic in adolescents in support of the ALL IN! agenda.

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All In Progress Report (Dec. 2016)

Ending the AIDS Epidemic for Adolescents, with Adolescents

Jessica R — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:25:19 +0000

Ending the AIDS Epidemic for Adolescents, with Adolescents Jessica R Wed, 05/10/2017 - 21:25

A practical guide to meaningfully engage adolescents in the AIDS response.

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Ending the AIDS epidemic for adolescents: Guidance document (2016)

All IN to #EndAdolescentAIDS in the Philippines (Jun 2016)

Jessica R — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:11:52 +0000

All IN to #EndAdolescentAIDS in the Philippines (Jun 2016)

On June 29, 2016, the Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Children and HIV and AIDS had a webinar on the Philippines's experience with the All In initiative to end adolescent aids. The presentations can be found below.

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The Philippines's Experiences with All In: Introduction (Presentation)

The Philippines's Experiences with All In: Young Key Affected Populations (Presentation)

The Philippines's Experiences with All In: Interventions for Young Key Affected Populations (Presentation)

The Philippines's Experiences with All In: Phase I and II of ALL-IN (Presentation)

The Philippines's Experiences with All In: Transformative & Accelerated Response (Presentation)

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