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India has 253 million adolescents (10 to 19 years), more than any other country and equivalent to the combined populations of Japan, Germany and Spain. But India isn’t doing enough to ensure they become productive adults, health expert Sunil Mehra, whose advocacy MAMTA works with the central government, tells us.
Adolescent health featured in national policy for the first time three years ago in the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karaykram (RKSK), or National Adolescent Health Programme. In October 2017, Mehra’s organisation hosted the World Congress on Adolescent Health by International Association for Adolescent Health,
