Barbados – meeting the health needs of its adolescents
Lessons learned from applying the Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance for policy development in early adopter countries: Barbados
Overview
In September 2015, the United Nations SecretaryGeneral launched the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children and Adolescents’ health (2016- 2030) in support of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development. The Global Strategy envisions a world in which every adolescent realises their rights to physical and mental health and wellbeing, has social and economic opportunities and is able to participate fully in shaping prosperous and sustainable societies.
Building on this momentum and recognising that the SDGs cannot be achieved without investment in adolescent health, Barbados agreed to be an early adopter and embrace the Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance in order to respond more effectively to the health and wellbeing of adolescents.
