Launch of special Journal of Adolescent Health Supplement
Within the margin of the ICRH+20 conference, ICRH and WHO jointly organized a launch of the supplement entitled ‘Where are we in Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights 20 years from the ICPD’.
Within the margin of the ICRH+20 conference, ICRH and WHO jointly organized a launch of the supplement entitled ‘Where are we in Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights 20 years from the ICPD’.
Dr Marleen Temmerman, Director Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, made an introductory presentation in which she spoke about the ICPD, about the place of ASRH in the global agenda, about the limited progress made in ASRH since the ICPD, about the importance of taking stock of the progress we have made before we set our sights ahead, and about WHO’s commitment to working with partners to move the agenda forward in research and action. She then launched the Special Supplement.
Dr. Dr Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli presented key messages on each of the five papers – progress and implications for research and action.
Ms Jennifer Blum, Program Officer. Population and Reproductive Health, David and Lucile Packard Foundation then spoke about why she believed the Special Supplement was timely and important, and about the positive feedback she had received from the colleagues and collaborators she has sent the Special Supplement to.
