HEALTH CONCERNS

Understanding the process of growing up

• How can we provide knowledge amongst adolescents to understand the changes in their body and mind?
• How can we develop scientific attitude to remove myths and misconceptions?

Poor adolescent health

• How can we bring about attitudinal change to ensure that nutritional needs of adolescents, especially girls are adequately met?
• How can we sensitize an adolescent to the effect of AIDS on the collective health of society?

Delaying marriage

• How can we ensure advocacy and promotion of girls’ education and stricter enforcement of legal age of marriage?
• How can we enable adolescents to practise abstinence till marriage?

Avoiding adolescent pregnancy

• How can we empower adolescents to protect themselves from pregnancies and to enjoy the right to safety and security?

Acquiring information and education on sexual and reproductive health

• How can we equip adolescents with information, education and skills for behaviour that is responsible towards self and others?

Accessing health services

• How can we promote assertive skills amongst the adolescents to seek health services to meet their needs?

Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS

• How can we empower adolescents to safeguard themselves against HIV infection?
• How can we encourage adolescents to advocate for HIV prevention?

Resisting sexual exploitation and reporting gender based violence.

• How can we convince adolescents that violence is not an accepted means of resolving conflicts?
• How can we convince the young people that gender-based violence, especially in intimate and sexual relations is not acceptable?
• How can we equip the victims to report and seek the help of support services?