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Programming for Adolescent Health and Development: WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF Study Group on Programming for Adolescent Health: Technical Report Series 886. Published by the World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999. Softback, price US$50.40, ISBN 92 4 120886 4, 260 pages
This book is the result of the work of a study group on adolescent health which met in 1995 in Switzerland. The purpose was to provide the technical rationale for the action required for the health and development of adolescents. The book provides a review of interventions currently available aimed at improving adolescent health and development, establishing a framework of strategies and principles that can support programmes at country level, particularly in the developing world. The definition of an adolescent in this report is 10-19 years. The working party did not have representation from any European country although there were two members from the USA. Specific papers were solicited and...