Global improvements in maternal and child health means for the first time, the health needs of adolescents have been noted as an emerging vulnerable demographic.

Across the world, young people share a common burden of chronic physical and mental health disorders such as eating disorders, sexual and reproductive health and non-communicable diseases. Acute and mental health services combined are required to meet the needs of this demographic.

Earlier this year the Centre for Adolescent Health, a collaboration between the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Murdoch Childrens Institute, became the World Health Organization’s first non-European Collaborating Centre in Adolescent Health.

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