Goals:
1) To reduce Adolescent fertility rate from 28 per 1000 (2006/7) to 24 per 1000 adolescents in 2015
2) To reduce the prevalence of low BMI among adolescents from 47.2% (2002) to 35% by 2015
3) To reduce Anaemia among adolescence from 11.1% (2002) to 10%(2015)
4) To reduce STD/HIV among adolescents
5) To reduce cause specific mortality due to accidents and injuries
6) To reduce cause specific morbidities due to psychosocial health problems including deliberate self harm, substance use and all other forms of abuse
Programmatic Objectives
1. To increase the coverage of health promoting school program from 50% (2011) to 75% by 2015
2. To establish community based Adolescent Friendly Health Services in 50% of MOOH areas by 2017.
3. To increase life skills among adolescents from 65% (2004) to 75% in 2015.
4. To increase the coverage of weekly iron supplementation by 25% from the baseline by 2015.
5. To improve quality and coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health education for adolescents
6. To increase accessibility to contraceptives/ family planning services for sexually active adolescents
7. To have resourceful media that supports optimum development of adolescents
8. To promote opportunities for recreational and extracurricular activities at home, school and neighbourhood
9. To support formulation and implementation of laws for optimum development of adolescents.