A quarter of the world’s population are adolescents: major report sets out health and wellbeing trends

By Alex Ezeh, Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
Russell Viner, Professor of Child and Adolescent Health, UCL
Sarah Baird, Professor, George Washington University

The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016. The latest report presents substantial original research that supports actions it recommends to be taken across sectors as well as at global, regional, country and local level. The co-chairs…

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