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Adolescent Health and Development

(AHD)
CURRENT:ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (AHD)

The Adolescent Health and Youth Development Program (AHYDP) is POPCOM’s

response to the growing awareness worldwide on the reproductive health issues and
concerns of the youth and their significant contribution to future population and health
trends.

Projects conducted under the AHYDP include media outreach, skills training and
enhancement programs, peer counseling, and support to other youth programs and
projects.

General Objectives:

Contribute to policies and programs that will assist government to attain population
growth and distribution consistent with economic activities and sustainable
development.

Specific Objectives:

• Reduce the incidence of pregnancy among 15-19 age group;

• Reduce the incidence of early sexual involvement and early marriages;
• Reduce the incidence of other reproductive health problems that includes
sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS, particularly the reduction of
HIV positive cases among young males; and
 • Reduce the incidence of physical and sexual violence and other forms of
violence among the young people, particularly among married young females
ages 15-24.

Program Strategies:

• Development and conduct of communication strategies (IEC, social mobilization,

BCC) to raise appreciation on population issues
• Enabling national, local and sectoral key stakeholders in integrating population
dimensions in planning and policy development;
• Advocacy and capacity-building for enacting, designing, implementing, and
monitoring population-related policies and programs at all levels
• Design and conduct of researches and studies and establishment of database
systems on POPDEV for planning and policy development
• Development of monitoring and evaluation tool for POPDEV integration in
development planning
• Enabling regional and local executives, planners, and other stakeholders in
efficient urban planning and management

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