‘Addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa is vital, given the devastating impact of AIDS, the high rates of unintended pregnancy and the risk that those pregnancies may lead to unsafe abortions. Protecting the health of adolescents is clearly important for the adolescents themselves. Increased investment in adolescent sexual and reproductive health can contribute to wider development goals, because it enables adolescents to become healthy, produc more...

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention focuses on information from a major international youth conference held in April 2008, 'Youth Deliver the Future: Investing in Young People's Health and Development — Research that Improves Policies and Programs.'

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 12 program resources with Web links, and 9 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Libya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.