UNFPA
PO Box: 982, Post Code 11599
Cairo, Egypt.
Tel: (202) 5772253/5770115
Fax: (202) 579 4808
Activity Title:
National Adolescents Strategy
Partners:
Ministry of Health and Population/ Population and Family Planning Sector, funded by UNFPA, 2001.
Support:
Type of Support to youth issues:
Technical and financial support.
Fields/Tools:
Training Modules and Tools:
1. Training for Youth Advocates on Reproductive Health and Gender Awareness. Ministry of Health and Population /Population and Family Planning Sector (PFAs), funded by UNFPA, 2000, for youth advocates in PFAs.
2. IEC and Advocacy Tools
Reproductive Health Manuals: Adolescents
The manual covers the main topics related to this stage including definitions, health problems and changes facing adolescents.
Ministry of health and Population /Population and Family Planning PFAs (Assuit, Minya, and inner city area in Cairo).
Brief:
Major Research and Studies:
1. Transitions to Adulthood: A National survey of Egyptian Adolescents. Population Council, Social Research Center, High Institute of Public Health, Assuit University, funded by UNFPA, CIDA, Netherlands Embassy, UNFPA, Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, and National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, 1996-1998.
2. Study on Adolescents in Selected Schools in Cairo and Giza. Ministry of Health and Population /Population and Family Planning Sector, by UNFPA, 2002.
Youth programmes that are being implemented based on “Braga Youth Action Plan” and the “World Programme of Action for youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond”:
The implemented activities contribute to the “Braga Youth Action Plan”, Item 22 of the said document by assisting in the formulation/review and implementation of an integrated national youth health policy addressing all major health issues including: sexual and reproductive health. The activities also contribute to Item 23 of the said document by providing the research, which will be used in the design of youth friendly health services and counseling in reproductive health.For the “World Programme of Action to the Year 2000 and beyond”, the Programme contributes to Item 49 of the said document. In many countries, there is a lack of information and services available to adolescents to help them understand their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, and to protect them from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease including HIV/AIDS.
