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REGIONAL CONFERENCES

As the leading national and regional organization promoting adolescent health and welfare, ESAM has organized scientific conferences in Egypt and other Arab countries. The conferences aim at breaking the silence around the unmet needs of the large and increasing cohort of adolescents in Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa Region. It would also emphasize that investing in adolescents’ health, development and well-being is the most cost-effective investment a nation can make for the future. The specific objectives of the conferences are:

  • Bringing together key stakeholders in adolescent health from across the region and international community – including academia, policy makers, practitioners, researchers, adolescent and youth representatives, and the media – to discuss how to advance the agenda for better adolescent health and well-being,
  • To share scientific evidence on adolescent health and development, as well as insights from practitioners and adolescents into the successes and limitations of current strategies and interventions at regional and national levels,
  • To provide a multi-sectorial platform for discussing and building a shared understanding, identifying gaps and opportunities, and developing a way forward for adolescent health, development and rights in the region,
  • Identify evidence-based adolescents’ healthcare practices in the arenas of mental health, physical health, sexual health, and nutritional health,
  • Understand and utilize the latest advancements in technology and communication with and among adolescents.
  • Aspire to advocate for research into the regional adolescent health needs and service provisions.

THE REGIONAL CONFERENCES ARE HELD TO REPRESENT THE IAAH MENA REGION:

FIRST MENA REGION ADOLESCENT HEALTH CONFERENCE

- Organized by the Egyptian Society for Adolescent Medicine in Cairo, Egypt
- May 12-14th, 2017
- Attended by 220 participants from 26 countries.

SECOND MENA REGION CONFERENCE

- Organized by the Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman in Muscat
- October 22-24th, 2018
- Attended by 310 participants from 24 countries

THIRD MENA REGION CONFERENCE

- Organized by the Royal Health Awareness Society of Jordan under the Patronage of the Jordanian Ministry of Health in Amman and in collaboration with the International - Development and Research Center (IDRC), Canada.
- December 12-14th, 2019
- Attended by 280 participants from 25 countries