Tomorrow’s Future, Today’s YouthHow do you help the world’s 1.77 billion young people ages 10 to 24 secure their health and well being? More than 500 experts and students from 33 countries are gathering in Abuja, Nigeria in late April to exchange research and programmatic solutions to this and other pressing developmental questions. Sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, in partnership with Nigeria’s University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University and more than 40 other international and national organizations, “Investing in Young People’s Health and Development: Research that Improves Policies and Programs” serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners to share evidence and ideas for meeting the health and developmental needs of young people in low-resource settings.
Youth will deliver our global future. What’s needed is well-researched, peer-reviewed evidence about what influences their welfare in the short and long term. This conference benefits from a unique commitment of researchers, educators, policymakers, practitioners and donors. All of us are working to ensure that science, practice and the youth themselves work hand-in-hand to secure the best possible future.
Amy Tsui, PhD, is director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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I look forward to participating in this seminal event.
I wake this morning to quiet at the Nicon Luxury. The weather seems to be in the balmy range of 95-100 degrees Fahrenheit. The sun is shining, and the acacia trees are showing their red blooms.
As I look beyond my balcony window; my view is of the Abuja achitecture and the hills beyond. A fine view, indeed.
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