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‘We do not talk about it’: Engaging youth in Malawi to …

(3 days ago) WEBIn all nine focus groups, participants talked about health issues that particularly affect the youth of Malawi. One key health issue participants concurred was …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8963557/

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‘Failing to cope’: Malawi faces surge in young people with mental …

(4 days ago) WEBA woman in the ruins of her home after Tropical Storm Ana hit Malawi in January. Poverty and a lack of jobs are fuelling the rise in young people’s mental ill …

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/11/failing-to-cope-malawi-faces-surge-young-people-mental-ill-health

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ADOLESCENT HEALTH IN MALAWI 2018 - Regional …

(1 days ago) WEB22 Malawi AH27072018.pub. ADOLESCENT HEALTH IN MALAWI. 2018. Country profile: An adolescent is a person between 10-19 years of age. Total surface area (million …

https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2019-08/22%20Malawi%20AH27072018.pdf

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Bringing Malawi's National Youth-Friendly Health …

(3 days ago) WEBMalawi’s National Youth-Friendly Health Services Strategy to the Grassroots Level. Washington, DC: Palladium, Health Policy Plus. ISBN: 978-1-59560-283-1 . Health …

https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00XVF7.pdf

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Harnessing Malawi’s Youthful Population to Propel …

(9 days ago) WEBvulnerabilities facing the youth. Malawi is also committed to several youth-focused regional and global instruments (Table 2). For example, the African Union (AU) Agenda …

https://www.unicef.org/esa/media/9031/file/UNICEF-Malawi-2020-2021-Youth-Budget-Brief.pdf

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EVALUATION OF YOUTH-FRIENDLY HEALTH …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth’s Reproductive Health Department, USAID, the USAID-funded Evidence to Action Project, and the Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi. Technical and/or …

https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00X5NC.pdf

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Mental health UNICEF Malawi

(Just Now) WEBLilongwe, 22 October 2022 – UNICEF Malawi Youth Advocates – Chisomo Banda, Zakaat Sambo and Lisa Banda – in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Curative and Medical …

https://www.unicef.org/malawi/topics/mental-health

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Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi - Health Policy …

(9 days ago) WEBinhabitants are youth ages 10–24 • More than half of youth—3.2 million—are adolescent girls and young women Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Zomba …

http://www.healthpolicyplus.com/ns/pubs/15338-15615_HPPlusMalawiAGYWBooklet.pdf

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A Vision for the Health and Well-Being of Malawi’s …

(Just Now) WEBPublic health, sanitation, malaria and HIV and AIDS management. Since the number of youth will continue to grow, there are major planning implications for social services …

https://www.prb.org/resources/report-a-vision-for-the-health-and-well-being-of-malawis-young-people/

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UNICEF Malawi Youth Advocates Launch #OnMyMind …

(9 days ago) WEBLilongwe, 22 October 2022 – UNICEF Malawi Youth Advocates – Chisomo Banda, Zakaat Sambo and Lisa Banda – in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Curative and Medical Rehabilitation Services - Mental Health …

https://www.unicef.org/malawi/press-releases/unicef-malawi-youth-advocates-launch-onmymind-campaign

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Youth accessing reproductive health services in Malawi: drivers

(8 days ago) WEBBackground Malawi has made progress in increasing its overall modern contraceptive prevalence rate since 2000, resulting in a dramatic reduction in its total …

https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-018-0549-9

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Moving from Policy to Practice: Implementing Key Health …

(3 days ago) WEBthe distinct health needs of youth, Malawi has had youth-friendly health service standards in place since 2007. In 2016, the Ministry of Health launched the National YFHS …

https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00ZDG3.pdf

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‘WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF HEALTH …

(5 days ago) WEBYFHS Youth-Friendly Health Services YONECO Youth Net and Counselling. 4 / 28 YOUTH-LED SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN MALAWI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The research team would like to sincerely thank the Malawi SRHR Alliance and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who funded the research, for entrusting

https://www.ippf.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/GUSO-Reports-Youth-Led%20Social%20Accountability%20in%20Malawi.pdf

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Youth Friendly Health Service • WHO Regional Office for Africa

(4 days ago) WEBYouth Friendly Health Service. The Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS) project in Malawi is an initiative supported by the Uinversity of Carlifornia (UNC). In 2016, UNC conducted the Girl Power study to assess whether a model of youth-friendly health services implemented in government clinics could improve service uptake in this …

https://innov.afro.who.int/page/94-youth-friendly-health-service

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Adolescents in Malawi: Sexual and Reproductive Health

(3 days ago) WEBAdolescents in Malawi: Sexual and Reproductive Health. More than one-fifth of Malawi’s population is between the ages of 10 and 19. Many of these young people are at risk or …

https://www.guttmacher.org/report/adolescents-malawi-sexual-and-reproductive-health

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National Strategy for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

(Just Now) WEBStrategic Objective 1: Improve policy environment to encourage girls to stay in school. Strategic Objective 2: Improve access to quality education for adolescent girls. Strategic …

https://npc.mw/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/National-Strategy-for-Adolescent-Girls-and-Young-Women.pdf

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(PDF) Youth participation in sexual and reproductive health: policy

(3 days ago) WEBIn Malawi, human rights-based, youth, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policies, and the creation of youth participatory structures at all levels of …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340537753_Youth_participation_in_sexual_and_reproductive_health_policy_practice_and_progress_in_Malawi

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Review of Adolescent Family Planning Policies in Malawi

(3 days ago) WEBHP+ developed a checklist to grade how supportive the policy environment is for each of the six key elements. Overall, Malawi is “highly supportive” of adolescent use of family planning, scoring 92.4 out of a possible 100 points. The policy environment is “very supportive” or “highly supportive” across all six main policy elements.

http://www.healthpolicyplus.com/ns/pubs/7159-7279_MalawiAdolescentFPPolicyBrief.pdf

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Adolescents in Malawi: Sexual and Reproductive Health

(9 days ago) WEBPolicy identifies youth as a distinct sector of government policy and provides guide-lines for developing programs and services to facilitate youth participation in nation-al …

https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/rib3-05.pdf

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UNFPA Malawi Young People

(9 days ago) WEBYoung people make up the largest and fastest growing proportion of the general population in Malawi. The 2018 Population and Housing census shows that 51% of the population is below 18 years. If young people have opportunities to realise their potential, this youth population ‘bulge’ could be an opportunity to renew the continent’s …

https://malawi.unfpa.org/en/topics/young-people-3

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YOUTH-FRIENDLY HEALTH SERVICES IN MALAWI

(4 days ago) WEBMalawi between the ages of 10 and 24.1 They represent a diverse generation that needs a range of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services to match their …

https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/Youth-Friendly_Health_Services_in_Malawi._Young_People_s_Sexual_Experiences.pdf

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Youth-Friendly Health Services in Malawi: Young People's Sexual …

(9 days ago) WEBDate: 3/31/2015. Abstract: The Malawi government introduced the Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS) program in 2000 and in 2007 the Ministry of Health-Reproductive …

https://www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?id=publications&get=pubID&pubId=750

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Launch of the Malawi National Youth Policy (2023-2028)

(1 days ago) WEBThe Government of Malawi through the Cabinet approved the revised National Youth Policy (2023-2028) on 19 July, 2023. The approved revised policy supersedes the 2013 …

https://www.youthlead.org/resources/launch-malawi-national-youth-policy-2023-2028

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UNFPA ESARO Igniting the Potential of Adolescent Girls in …

(Just Now) WEBIn east and southern Africa, adolescent girls continue to profile among the region's critical development challenges. 1 in 3 girls become brides by the age of 18; …

https://esaro.unfpa.org/en/news/igniting-potential-adolescent-girls-pursuit-africa-we-want

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Youth accessing reproductive health services in Malawi: drivers

(1 days ago) WEBBackground: Malawi has made progress in increasing its overall modern contraceptive prevalence rate since 2000, resulting in a dramatic reduction in its total …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29921282/

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Empowering Women, Girls to Choose Their Reproductive Futures

(4 days ago) WEBPIH provided contraception to 1,105 adolescent girls in Malawi from July 2022 to June 2023. Worldwide, PIH supports more than 47,000 women each year in …

https://www.pih.org/article/empowering-women-girls-choose-their-reproductive-futures

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About Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys VACS CDC

(2 days ago) WEBFor example, in Malawi, children exposed to violence were less likely to use condoms as young adults, increasing their risk for HIV infection. Prevention. Violence is …

https://www.cdc.gov/violence-against-children/about/index.html

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Experiences of community health workers on adopting mHealth in …

(8 days ago) WEBTo enhance the work of CHWs, Malawi has been advocating for the use of mHealth in CHW programs. 30 In the Neno district, Malawi, Partners In Health, an …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20552076241253994

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The implementation of a zero-suicide framework in a child and …

(8 days ago) WEBThe aim is to inform and improve practice in the use of zero suicide approaches in child and youth mental health settings in Australia and worldwide. 1 …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1370256/full

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Student Viewpoint: The Sexual Health of US Youth is Under Attack, …

(4 days ago) WEBThe sexual health of youth in the United States (US) is under attack. Teens struggle to access effective healthcare services, their confidentiality protections are not …

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/student-op-ed-the-sexual-health-of-us-youth-is-under-attack-young-voices-need-to-fight-back/

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Improving sexual and reproductive health and HIV services for

(4 days ago) WEBAt its worst, HIV prevalence was around 20 per cent in Malawi. Today, Malawi has made significant progress by, for example, reducing the mother to child transmission of HIV by …

https://www.unicef.org/malawi/stories/improving-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-hiv-services-adolescents-and-young-people

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Exclusive: New program creates "youth corps" for mental health

(8 days ago) WEBHundreds of young adults will be trained to help their peers access mental health care and other supports in a first-of-its-kind service program aimed at addressing …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/15/youth-mental-health-corps

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Eleven States Launch New Initiative to Address America’s Youth …

(8 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON, DC— In response to America’s youth mental health crisis, 11 states are joining forces with AmeriCorps, the Schultz Family Foundation and Pinterest …

https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/eleven-states-launch-new-initiative-address-americas-youth-mental-health

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Imagining Youth-Centered Communities – A Dialogue with Youth

(4 days ago) WEBMay 23, 2024 - 5:30 PM EDT - May 23, 2024 - 6:30 PM EDT Add to Calendar 2024-05-23 17:30:00 2024-05-23 18:30:00 Imagining Youth-Centered Communities – A Dialogue …

https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/events/webinar/imagining-youth-centered-communities-dialogue-youth

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Hilary Cass Says U.S. Doctors Are ‘Out of Date’ on Youth Gender

(3 days ago) WEBDr. Hilary Cass published a landmark report that led to restrictions on youth gender care in Britain. U.S. health groups said it did not change their support of the care.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/health/hilary-cass-transgender-youth-puberty-blockers.html

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US drowning death rates have increased, reversing decades of …

(4 days ago) WEBEach year, on average, about 4,000 Americans died from accidental drowning, a number that changed little from 2011 to 2020. But that number has been about 10% …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/health/drowning-deaths-increased-cdc-report-wellness/index.html

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Healing as Learning at Newport News YouthBuild

(8 days ago) WEBThe Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas’ (VOACC) team who facilitate Newport News YouthBuild know that the ability to effectively solve problems …

https://blog.dol.gov/2024/05/14/healing-as-learning-at-newport-news-youthbuild

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