A second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing​

Six years after the launch of the original report, Our future: a Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing the health and wellbeing of adolescents is poised at a tipping point. Adolescent health and wellbeing indicators have stagnated while new threats have emerged requiring collective and urgent action.

About our CRE

CRE – Its purpose is to generate research to drive investment in neglected areas of adolescent health (mental health, non-communicable disease risk, injury and violence) including groups experiencing significant discrimination or disadvantage specifically, Indigenous young people and young people in contact with the justice system. 

Drowning on the rise

With over half of all global drowning deaths occur among children and young people under the age of 25, something needs to be done.

Teens and cannabis

Teenagers who use cannabis frequently were more likely to have children born preterm when they become parents up to 20 years later.