Effective policies and programming

Overview

This paper summarizes key lessons from thirteen background papers (Background Papers 2-14 (BP 2-14)) prepared for the series of multi-stakeholder consultations on programming to promote adolescent well-being that will be held by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in May and June 2021. The background papers were drafted by leading global experts in adolescent well-being.  Key lessons were derived by careful review of the thirteen papers by two of the co-authors of this paper (DR and RH) and were confirmed by the lead authors of the background papers.  The background papers and their key lessons were directly informed by the views of adolescents (10-19 years), young adults (20-29 years) and representatives of youth-led networks and organizations. This was achieved through nine youth consultations held in 2020 across all the regions of the world (BP 2); through young adults being co-authors of each of the fifteen background papers; and through a young adult being one of the independent reviewers of each of the papers before their finalization.