Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement – Recommendations From the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health (GAMA) Advisory Group

Review of the India Adolescent Health Strategy in the context of disease burden among adolescents

“…In light of the findings presented in this paper, it may be useful for IAHS to consider appropriate revisions to address priority health themes and to implement a mechanism to collect population-level outcome indicators to monitor child and adolescent health in a comparable manner across India to strengthen the impact of IAHS. A set of priority health indicators for adolescent health measurement are also proposed by the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health Advisory Group, 45 which may need consideration for inclusion in IAHS as well. Investment is also needed in longer periods of observation to fully evaluate the contribution of gender to individual health trajectories and the overall burden of disease, and to identify and quantify the gendered pathways contributing to health disparities, including differences in exposures and vulnerabilities, behaviours, and health-care use and response.…”

Indicators for National and Global Monitoring of Girls' Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Development of a Priority Shortlist

“…Use of the indicators and their measures to assess MHH across the domains at national level will require ongoing national government interagency collaboration and cross-sectoral engagement. Such cooperation is required to support holistic MHH and may serve as a model for other cross-cutting health challenges [ 64 , 65 ]. The cross-sectoral nature of the indicators also presents challenges for uptake and use.…”

La pratique contraceptive moderne chez les adolescentes au Bénin: Tendances, déterminants et perspectives / Modern contraceptive use among adolescents in Benin: trends, determinants and prospects

“… 2 , 3 L’Afrique de l’Ouest présente non seulement la plus grande proportion d’adolescents sur la planète mais également des indicateurs de santé reproductive particulièrement alarmants: un taux parmi les plus élevés de mortalité néonatale et infantile, l’indice synthétique de fécondité le plus élevé avec 5,5 enfants par femme, le taux de prévalence contraceptive le plus bas, à 13%, et des besoins non satisfaits les plus importants (29,3%) au monde. 4 , 5 Parallèlement à ces problèmes, les grossesses des adolescentes contribuent à la fécondité du continent africain et du Bénin en particulier (où le taux de fécondité des adolescentes atteint 108 ‰ soit 9,5% des naissances annuelles). 6 Cette situation provoque des retards de réponse aux obligations scolaires, y compris les abandons scolaires, les avortements clandestins et non sécurisés, la détérioration des relations familiales par le reniement de ces adolescentes enceintes par leurs parents, l’exposition à la violence, avec pour corollaire, l’enlisement des adolescentes dans la vulnérabilité.…”

“… 2 , 3 Not only does West Africa have the highest proportion of adolescents on the planet, it also has particularly alarming reproductive health indicators: one of the highest rates of neonatal and infant mortality, the highest total fertility rate at 5.5 children per woman, the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate at 13%, and the highest unmet need for contraception (29.3%) in the world. 4 , 5 Concurrently, teenage pregnancies contribute to the fertility of the African continent and in Benin in particular (where the teenage fertility rate is 108 per 1,000 15–19 adolescent women or 9.5% of annual births). 6…”