by Matt Wangsness | Mar 3, 2020 | March 2020, Newletters, Uncategorized
Trinidad and Tobago Host 1st Caribbean Congress on Adolescent Health A consortium of Caribbean and regional partners executed the First Caribbean Congress on Adolescent and Youth on October 14-17th, 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago. Under the theme ‘Championing our Wealth:...
by Matt Wangsness | Mar 3, 2020 | March 2020, Newletters, Uncategorized
IAAH Regional Vice President Spotlight - Latin America - March 2020 IAAH Regional Vice President for Latin America, María del Carmen Calle Dávila, is a public health consultant and a pediatrician at Clinica Javier Prado. Calle Dávila holds a masters in government and...
by Matt Wangsness | Mar 3, 2020 | March 2020, Newletters, Uncategorized
30 + 100 = The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - March 2020 November 20th 2019 marked 30 years since the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was first ratified. The UNCRC embodies the profound notion that children are not just objects...
by Matt Wangsness | Mar 3, 2020 | March 2020, Newletters, Uncategorized
International Adolescent Health Week Join IAAH in celebrating International Adolescent Health Week, 15-21 March 2020! Established in 2016 by Dr. Laura Offutt, International Adolescent Health Week (IAHW), formerly known as Teen Health Week, was originally celebrated in...
by Matt Wangsness | Mar 3, 2020 | March 2020, Newletters, Uncategorized
Empowering Youth Now - Positioning Leaders for Tomorrow Health and wellbeing are at the core of the sustainable development goals and are indispensable components of any conversation on the creation of a livable planet for future generations. With the indicator of...
by Matt Wangsness | Nov 5, 2019 | Newletters, November 2019
IAAH President's Address - November 2019 In the lead up to the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23rd, hundreds of thousands of people in Australia (where I live) joined millions of people across the world to demand more credible actions from national governments...
by Matt Wangsness | Nov 5, 2019 | Newletters, November 2019
IAAH 2020 World Congress - Meeting the Challenges of Global Change Unprecedented global forces are shaping the health of adolescents everywhere, requiring new responses, different actors, and wider alliances. The 12th World Congress on Adolescent Health is a unique...
by Matt Wangsness | Nov 5, 2019 | Newletters, November 2019, Uncategorized
Looking Back: Where International Adolescent Health Conferencing Began With the 12th World Congress fast approaching, it behooves us to reflect upon the origins and significance of the opening gambits. The ‘First International Symposium on Adolescent...
by Matt Wangsness | Nov 4, 2019 | Newletters, November 2019
Adolescent Health - Coming of Age 22nd IAAH European Conference 2019 In September, the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the US Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine came together for an unprecedented event to celebrate the concurrent...
by Matt Wangsness | Nov 3, 2019 | Newletters, November 2019
Youth Volunteering - Perspectives from Moldova In 2018, IAAH enjoyed the hospitality and warmth of the adolescent health community in Moldova for its 21st European Regional Conference. We are delighted that our friends in the amazing YK Neovita youth team have...
