A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Sarah Baird; Shakira Choonara; Peter S. Azzopardi; Prerna Banati; Judith Bessant; Olivia Biermann; Anthony Capon; Mariam Claeson; Pamela Y. Collins; Nicole De Wet-Billings; Surabhi Dogra; Yanhui Dong; Kate L. Francis; Luwam T. Gebrekristos; Allison K. Groves; Simon I. Hay; David Imbago-Jácome; Aaron P. Jenkins; Caroline W. Kabiru; Elissa C. Kennedy; Luo Li; Chunling Lu; Jun Ma; Terry McGovern; Augustina Mensa-Kwao; Sanyu A. Mojola; Jason M. Nagata; Adesola O. Olumide; Olayinka Omigbodun; Molly O'Sullivan; Audrey Prost; Jennifer H. Requejo; Yusra R. Shawar; Jeremy Shiffman; Avi Silverman; Yi Song; Sharlene Swartz; Rita Tamambang; Henrik Urdal; Joseph L. Ward; George C. Patton; Susan M. Sawyer; Alex Ezeh; Russell M. Viner

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00503-3

A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Sarah Baird
, Shakira Choonara
, Peter S. Azzopardi
, Prerna Banati
, Judith Bessant
, Olivia Biermann
, Anthony Capon
, Mariam Claeson
, Pamela Y. Collins
, Nicole De Wet-Billings
, Surabhi Dogra
, Yanhui Dong
, Kate L. Francis
, Luwam T. Gebrekristos
, Allison K. Groves
, Simon I. Hay
, David Imbago-Jácome
, Aaron P. Jenkins
, Caroline W. Kabiru
, Elissa C. Kennedy

Luo Li, Chunling Lu, Jun Ma, Terry McGovern, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Sanyu A. Mojola, Jason M. Nagata, Adesola O. Olumide, Olayinka Omigbodun, Molly O'Sullivan, Audrey Prost, Jennifer H. Requejo, Yusra R. Shawar, Jeremy Shiffman, Avi Silverman, Yi Song, Sharlene Swartz, Rita Tamambang, Henrik Urdal, Joseph L. Ward, George C. Patton, Susan M. Sawyer, Alex Ezeh, Russell M. Viner

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1945-2022
Number of pages	78
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	405
Issue number	10493
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00503-3
Publication status	Published or Issued - 31 May 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Baird, S., Choonara, S., Azzopardi, P. S., Banati, P., Bessant, J., Biermann, O., Capon, A., Claeson, M., Collins, P. Y., De Wet-Billings, N., Dogra, S., Dong, Y., Francis, K. L., Gebrekristos, L. T., Groves, A. K., Hay, S. I., Imbago-Jácome, D., Jenkins, A. P., Kabiru, C. W., ... Viner, R. M. (2025). A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing. The Lancet, 405(10493), 1945-2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00503-3

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