From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost. The approach has been multidiscipl

The overview chapter explores the health and development needs of the 5 to 21 year age group and advocates for a package of investments to address priority health needs, especially for children ages 5 to 9 years. A new analysis of mortality specifically f

Key dynamics of adolescent development and how they provide opportunities for intervention are examined in this chapter. Adolescence remains a time of great developmental plasticity and risk for the onset of a range of disorders that can carry a high burd

Because the social and environmental determinants of health among adolescents and young adults vary widely, intersectoral and multicomponent interventions offer the best opportunity to improve adolescent health, such as school- and health-service-based in

This chapter reviews the developmental context of adolescent health then categorizes countries according to their excess burden of disease, before describing six platforms that can deliver health actions to adolescents (ages 10–19 years)—health services,

While adolescents commonly are viewed as healthy in comparison with other age groups, they face a rising number of preventable causes of death due to HIV/AIDS, TB, and maternal causes as well as increased risks to health from alcohol and drug use, unsafe