Young people's health in Europe - Related documents

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• Dahlgren G. (1995) European health policy conference: opportunity of the future. Volume II. Intersectoral action for health, Copenhaguen, WHO regional office for Europe.
• DIJ Bulletin (2008), Youth in Europe, p14.
• European Commission (2000) Report on the state of young people's health in the European Union, A commission services working paper.
• Judge K. and al. (eds) (2006) Health Inequalities: a Challenge for Europe, European Commission.
• LMDE (2007), Entre mal être et bien être, comment vont les étudiants, colloque des 28 et 29 novembre, Rennes, EHESP.
• World health organisation Europe (2005) European strategy for child and adolescent health and development,EUR/05/5048378
• World health organisation Europe (2005) Mental health: facing the challenges, building solutions, Report from the WHO European Ministerial Conference.

Links

• European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies http://www.euro.who.int/observatory
• EC DG Health and Consumer Protection: http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm
• Study on global and regional patterns of mortality in young people published in The Lancet (World Health Organization)

The World Health Organization's (WHO) Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH) has worked over the past few years to develop the first global and regional estimates of mortality in adolescents and young people. This culminated in the publication of a paper in The Lancet on 11 September entitled "Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data". The study found that 2.6 million 10-24 year olds die each year; 97% of them in low- and middle income countries. The main causes of these deaths are road traffic accidents, maternal conditions, suicide, violence, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.