WHO Regional Director leads dialogue on adolescent pregnancy challenges

Jul 11, 2024

Highlighting the urgency of the issue, Saima Wazed emphasised that the South-East Asia Region comprises 26 per cent of the global population and 29...

Nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth every year in South Asia: UN Study

Jul 12, 2024

Nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth in South Asia every year, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation...

More research on adolescent leadership development required: Scientists

Nov 10, 2022

Greta Thunberg, David Hogg and Malala Yousafzai, all teenagers when their activism caught the world's attention, are proof that leadership develops well before adulthood. As...

Researchers test promising technological cure for adolescent depression

Dec 04, 2022

New research on neurotechnological approaches to treating depression in adolescents shows promising results. Faranak Farzan, a professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU), led the...

Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar nominated for the ACAMH awards

Jul 05, 2022

New Delhi [India] July 5 (ANI/TPT): Recently, Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar, of Calcutta National Medical College, from Kolkata, has been nominated for the ACAMH...

Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle

Apr 25, 2023

The mummy was probably an adolescent and found in an underground tomb wrapped in a funerary bundle, along with ceramics, rope and bits of...