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Meet on adolescent health

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published Published on Oct 25, 2017   modified Modified on Oct 25, 2017
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: India is set to host this weekend a quadrennial global conference on adolescent health that will discuss self-harm, substance abuse, obesity and risk-taking behaviour on the Internet among other risks to the health of young people.

About a 1,000 delegates, including public health experts, paediatricians, mental health experts, and health policy-makers, are expected to attend the eleventh World Congress on Adolescent Health, a three-day conference that opens here on October 27, organisers said.

The meetings will discuss the myriad health challenges faced by people in the age group of 10 to 19 years, including online risk-taking behaviour and negative experiences on digital social media networks as well as strategies to alleviate these risks.

"Adolescence is perceived as the healthiest period of life, yet young people around the world face many threats to health," said Susan Sawyer, Chair of adolescent health at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and president of the International Association for Adolescent Health.

Road injuries and self-harm, or suicides, among young people are among big worries in India, conference organisers said.

A nationwide study five years ago had suggested that suicides claim more lives among people in India between 15 and 29 years of age than any other disease. The analysis had estimated that road accidents killed 48,000 people and suicides had claimed 43,000 lives in India during 2010.

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The Telegraph, 25 October, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/meet-on-adolescent-health-180843


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