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Harness the demographic dividend -Vasundhara Singh

-The Pioneer

All stakeholders must engage in educating the population about sexual and reproductive health and highlight the multi-sectoral approach that will be necessary for improving adolescent health and breaking inter-generational cycles of disease

Investing in adolescent health is essential to realising multiple sustainable development goals set by the UN, to be achieved by 2030. Given that India houses more than 253 million adolescents, it is pertinent to realise that neglecting their health may have enormous implications for the universal healthcare agenda. A recent Observer Research Foundation and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare workshop discussed the possibility of scaling up best practices to address issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health amidst the continued challenges of early marriage, teenage pregnancies and high incidences of maternal mortality. It is understood that an adolescent’s health status will be carried forward into their adulthood. Therefore, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) global strategy for investing in their health aims to operate on three targets: Survive, Thrive and Transform. These targets of putting an end to preventable deaths, ensuring health and well-being and expanding an enabling environment, although tangible, require a concerted effort on behalf of both the Government as well as civil society.

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