WHO and UNAIDS Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents recommend making services more “adolescent friendly”, providing free or low-cost consultations, and making medically accurate age-appropriate health information available.
They also highlight the need for adolescents to be able to access services without necessarily having to make an appointment or requiring parental consent, safe in the knowledge that any consultation remains confidential, and certain that they will not experience discrimination.
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“如果我们想保持青少年健康，就必须尊重他们” Costello 博士说。
“If we want to keep adolescents healthy, we have to treat them with respect,” says Dr Costello.
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“青少年特别容易受到某些健康问题的影响。
“Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to certain health issues.
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青少年的三大死亡原因是道路交通伤害、艾滋病相关疾病和自杀。”
The top three causes of death among adolescents are road traffic injuries, AIDS-related illnesses and suicide.
“AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the second primary cause of death among adolescents globally,” says Dr Mariângela Simão, Director of Rights, Gender, Prevention and Community Mobilization at UNAIDS.
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“所有青少年，包括重点人群，都有权获得信息和服务，使他们能够保护自己，不受艾滋病毒感染。”
“All adolescents, including key populations, have a right to the information and services that will empower them to protect themselves from HIV.”
Not only is adolescence a period of life when people are particularly vulnerable to certain health issues, it is also a time when critical behaviours are shaped that will affect health in the future.
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“许多影响我们余生的行为，无论健康与否，都始于青少年时期，”Costello 补充说。
“So many behaviours – healthy or unhealthy – that impact the rest of our lives begin in adolescence,” adds Dr Costello.