Stakeholders call for coordinated response to adolescent health challenges  

She identified gaps in adolescent sexual and reproductive health education and services, including differing approaches, stigma at health facilities and social norms that discouraged young people from seeking care.

Ms Mohammed said the GHS’s Adolescent Health Safety Net, implemented since 2017, provided adolescent-responsive maternal and child health services, sexual and reproductive health education, psychosocial support, referrals and links to social protection.

Stakeholders in adolescent sexual and reproductive health have called for stronger coordination among government institutions, civil society organisations, communities and young people to address persistent adolescent health challenges.