The Young Health Programme - Phase 3 - Brazil

"Overall Goal: of the project is to contribute to improved health and gender equality of young people between 10-24 years old in vulnerable areas of the southern zone of São Paulo. Specifically, it aims to achieve this by ensuring that young people in the southern zone of São Paulo are practising fewer risk behaviours due to an increased knowledge and capacity to make informed choices about their health, in the context of improved health services, an enabling support system and policy environment. Objective 1: Build the knowledge and capacity of young people to take positive action on their own health Objective 2: Engage with communities to increase wider awareness and action on key health and gender issues affecting young people Objective 3: Strengthen the quality and delivery of youth friendly health and education services Objective 4: Engage with key governmental stakeholders to influence public policies and laws around key health and gender issues affecting young people "