About the YHP
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AstraZeneca's global disease prevention initiative
The Young Health Programme (YHP) is AstraZeneca’s global disease prevention programme, focused on preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by educating and activating young people aged 10-24 to make informed choices about their health, and catalysing a worldwide, youth-led advocacy movement.
The Programme aims to prevent the most common NCDs - including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, lung diseases and other respiratory conditions, and address climate-related health challenges, by tackling key risk factors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful alcohol consumption, unhealthy diets and air pollution.
It does this by activating young people to make more informed choices about their health and supporting the development of healthier, more protective environments.
Over 23 million young people directly reached with information about NCD risk behaviours.
Launched in 2010, the YHP is operating in 40+ countries around the world and has directly reached over 23 million young people from underserved communities with information about NCD risk behaviours.
It is delivered in partnership with over 60 not-for-profit organisations worldwide, including UNICEF and Plan International, and has been built on a foundation of research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
70% of premature adult deaths are linked to behaviours that begin in adolescence.
A holistic and integrated initiative
The YHP initiative combines community programmes, research, advocacy, and the development of young leaders.
It is a movement giving young people the tools, platforms and confidence to act on the health issues that matter to them.
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Community programmes
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Advocacy
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Research
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Youth leadership
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Our approach to sustainability
Our award-winning approach to capacity building and leadership development positively contributes to all of AstraZeneca’s sustainability priorities by advancing health equity for young people in underserved communities, strengthening health systems’ resilience, and supporting youth-led climate action for health.
Our Sustainability Impact Publication spotlights many of the ways AstraZeneca is working to deliver positive impact and improve the health of people, society and the planet.
Our partners include...
UNICEF - the world’s leading organisation for children, promoting the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything they do. The UNICEF partnership centres on advocacy and on achieving lasting and meaningful legislative change.
Plan International - a global children’s charity working children and girls growing up in some of the world’s poorest communities, making sure they have access to the education, health care, clean water and future opportunities they need to thrive. Plan International runs some of the YHP´s largest programmes.
One Young World - identifies, promotes and connects the world's most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible, more effective leadership. Each year YHP Impact Fellows attend the One Young World Summit to build their skills and networks.
References
1. The Second Decade, Improving Adolescent Health and Development - https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/4f346197-f9aa-435d-91bf-570f145d8f19/content