Mokdad, Ali H, Deribe, Kebede and GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Adolescent Health, Collaborators (2018) Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. International Journal of Public Health, 63 (Suppl1). S81-S96. ISSN 1661-8556

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Abstract

The World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) includes 22 countries.1 It is a 1 region rich in natural resources but with marked variation in socioeconomic wealth and health 2 system capacities and coverage.2 It has also recently been plagued by social and political instability, 3 civil unrest and conflict, and mass displacement of people.3 As a result, health in the EMR has failed 4 to improve in recent years.3 As other papers in this series highlight, there is now an increasing 5 burden of many preventable health problems including HIV, mental disorders, and intentional self-6 harm. There is a risk that without urgent action, the health status of this region will only deteriorate 7 further, with both regional and global consequences for health, the stability of civil society, and 8 economic development.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Adolescent health; Burden of disease; Eastern Mediterranean Region
Schools and Departments:	Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Global Health and Infection
Research Centres and Groups:	Wellcome Trust Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research
Depositing User:	Esther Garibay
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2017 16:23
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2018 15:11
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/71825

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