For the second time in five years, the supplement accompanying the December issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health brings attention to Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) throughout the world.
In a 2015 supplement, JAH documented the 20 years of progress since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, where the ASRHR were identified as essential not only for improving the health and well-beingof adolescents but alsothat of the population of the world. In a commentary introducing the 2015 supplement, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al. identified manyareas of ASRHR that warranted further attention and outlined concerns that needed to be further addressed.
The current supplement continues that previous work and outlines where we are now in the area of ASRHR and where we need to go to meet the challenges ahead. The four papers and editorial provide a comprehensive review of the progress that has been accomplished over 25 years in enhancing ASRHR. In the first paper, Liang et al. provide analyses of the progress on key indicators of ASRHR, as well as social and economic determinants. The second paper, by Chandra-Moulietal., builds on the first and provides a review of policy and programmatic responses over the last 25 years by focusing on six areas of ASRHR: pregnancy, HIV, child marriage, violence against women andgirls, female genital mutilation, and menstruation. The final two papers, by Engel et al. and Plesons et al., offer guidance for how we might capitalize on the progress that we have made over the past 25 years.
- Editorial: “Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: What Has Been Achieved in the 25 Years Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and What Remains to Be Done?”
- Review Article: “The State of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health”
- Review Article: “The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development”
- Review Article: “A Package of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Interventions: What Does It Mean for Adolescents?”
- Review Article: “Forward, Together: A Collaborative Path to Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Our Time”
