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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 to address the climate emergency. Only a...

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 opportunity to explore the Challenges of Global Change.  Whether you...

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 Presidencies of UK leaders Professor...

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 contributed their perspectives on volunteering to this...

IAAH Regional Vice-President for North America, Jonathan D. Klein, is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Executive vice head (Chair) of the department of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine. Jon is a pediatrician and a...

As nations stride towards achieving universal education, schools are expanding their role by including mental health services as a strategy to deal with factors interfering with schooling. Schools can help young people live more productive and fulfilling lives through...