Better collection and management of mental health data has become a major focus of large research agencies including the US National Institute of Mental Health and the Wellcome Trust. Together they ha...
Despite the crucial importance of adolescent mental health, measurement at the population level remains fragmented and incomplete in many countries. For example, quality data on mental disorders are o...
Addressing adolescent mental health starts with good data on the prevalence of mental health conditions as well as risk and protective factors. These data are essential for informing the design and im...
COVID-19 directly causes death and illness, but its indirect negative effects are just as important, such as the disruption to health and society, the resources that have had to be allocated to its mi...
Age plays a critical role in a child’s migration, but how will gender mediate that experience? Which gender-specific vulnerabilities, needs, and opportunities influence the lives of girls and boys on ...
Stillbirths are a major public health issue and a sensitive marker of the quality of care around pregnancy and birth. A first step to prevent stillbirths is obtaining standardized measurement of still...
This article addresses the need for better data on adolescent and young adult mental health, which will in turn help us to develop better prevention and treatment programs for improving the health and...
Although 92 per cent of children globally have ever entered primary school, over 40 per cent of these students do not make it to upper secondary school. Instead, they either drop out of school, fail t...
Schoolchildren around the world have lost an estimated 1.8 trillion hours – and counting – of in-person learning since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. As a result, young l...