Child and adolescent health
Policy
(Photo: Malin Bring)
The Member States in the WHO European Region adopted the European strategy for child and adolescent health and development in 2005. Sixteen countries have developed or are developing their own strategies and/or action plans. In 2008, WHO/Europe published a report, a survey and case studies that evaluated progress and best practice across the Region, and continues to assist Member States with implementation.
A toolkit accompanies the strategy to support countries in building their policies and strategies within their health systems. Implementation tools developed in 2005–2009 include:
- gender tool (2007)
- action tool (2005)
- assessment tool (2005)
- information tool (2005).
Two more are being pilot-tested:
- policy implementation monitoring tool
- adolescents tool.