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Adolescent health and development

Sport has the power to change children’s lives. It unlocks girls’ power and makes them unstoppable!
Campaign
03 June 2023
Football without Limits
Sport has the power to change children’s lives. It unlocks girls’ power and makes them unstoppable!
Study on adolescents mental health and well-being in Viet Nam
Report
15 July 2022
Study on adolescents mental health and well-being
Schools are one of adolescents’ most important psychosocial environments, offering mental health risk factors, protective factors and opportunities...

Files available for download (3)

Full Study (PDF, 5 MB)
Executive summary (PDF, 2 MB)
Policy brief (PDF, 4 MB)
Fares uses a laptop computer at home, in the city of Beit Lahia, in the Gaza Strip. Rolling blackouts of 12–16 hours per day are seen across Gaza, with heavily populated areas being affected most severely
Article
19 October 2021
Is social media bad for teens’ mental health?
There are risks, but they can be avoided.
Belmopan, Belize. June 2021. Baby and her mother during routine check up with the pediatrician. Doctor Candy Azueta counsels the family on Care for child Development (CCD), a program implemented by UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Press release
05 October 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’ – UNICEF
New analysis indicates lost contribution to economies due to mental disorders among young people estimated at nearly $390 billion a year
Alia, 17, sits for a portrait in the home she shares with her sister in Dhaka, Bangladesh. By age 17, Alia had already experienced significant loss and instability in her life. When she was 9, her mother died, and her father remarried. When she was 16, her father died, leaving Alia to care for her younger sister.
Article
05 October 2021
Empowerment and independence
Empowerment and independence: In pursuit of adolescent-friendly mental health
Andre [NAME CHANGED], 14, stands in the grounds of a repurposed sports stadium in Carabayllo, a district in the north of Lima, Peru, while he waits for the time of his scheduled appointment to be seen at the Community Mental Health Centre that now occupies a building there.
Article
05 October 2021
Community-based mental health care in Peru
A community-based model helps a child in need experience positive change.
Daniel Delfin, 19, peers out the window at his home in Cebu, Philippines. Daniel works as a volunteer for the Young House Heroes Initiative, a forum for youth to engage on issues and concerns around COVID-19.
Article
05 October 2021
Young Heroes: Building a better world, one click at a time
A youth initiative in the Philippines tackles critical issues affecting young people including mental health.
Dina, 14, stands by a window at the Bilim Foundation in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan.
Article
05 October 2021
Reaching New Heights: A proactive approach
Reaching New Heights: A proactive approach to preventing suicide
On My Mind: Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health.
Flagship report
05 October 2021
The State of the World's Children 2021
On My Mind: Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health.

Files available for download (1)

Executive Summary (PDF, 6 MB)
Measles and Rubella immunizations at health care center in Oc Eo district town, Thoai Son, An Giang
Press release
26 March 2020
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic