Young Health Programme
Programmes
YHP programmes are developed to meet local needs and resources and are executed in over thirty countries globally by NGO partners, often with AstraZeneca employees volunteering their support.
Young Leaders
We are privileged to work with many inspiring young people to make change happen in youth health.
Impact Fellowship
Impact Fellowship provides grants to help small, innovative, youth-focused non-profits develop and deliver effective health promotion programmes, with an emphasis on under-resourced and marginalised communities in low and middle-income countries.
Since its launch in 2010, the Young Health Programme (YHP) has directly reached over ten million young people with information about non-communicable disease (NCD) risk behaviours. Working in partnership with over 50 not-for-profit organisations around the world, the YHP has trained more than 500,000 people in adolescent health. The YHP is currently running in 40 countries globally. We are proud that to date more than 12,000 employees have volunteered over 70,000 hours in YHP activities.
Discover some of the ways the YHP is empowering young people across the world in the below video:
The YHP has had proven impact in reducing NCD risk factors in communities around the world. The result of independent qualitative and quantitative research revealed that the YHP leads to sustained behaviour change among youth, as demonstrated in our recent Impact Report.
Learn more about YHP’s efforts around the world:
Some behaviours that we target, including air pollution, physical inactivity, poor diet, excessive alcohol and tobacco use, can be largely down to personal choices, but these and other factors are also heavily affected by social and environmental influences, and by policy. Making a significant impact is a huge task that we cannot complete on our own, so we aim to catalyse action on a broader scale through:
Community programmes
Advocacy
Youth leadership
Research
Access to healthcare at AstraZeneca is about working towards a future where all people have access to sustainable healthcare solutions for life-changing treatment and prevention. Through the YHP, we are accelerating the delivery of sustainable healthcare and using our capabilities to strengthen health systems and improve equitable access.
Click here to learn more about our global highlights to date.
YHP activities support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 3.4 – to reduce premature deaths linked to NCDs by one third by 2030 and to promote mental health and well-being.
At AstraZeneca, we know that taking action to drive sustainability is fundamental, not only to the health of the planet, but to the health of our society and people. Our Young Health Programme is one great example of our commitment with its aim to empower young people to make healthier choices. Every change made is a step towards the delivery of sustainable healthcare, and to reducing the burden of disease. I am proud of the impact the Young Health Programme has had over the years, and the progress we’ve made in 2022. It’s inspiring to see the impact this programme is having on reducing NCD risk factors in communities around the world.
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YHP Updates and Insights
References
- Non communicable diseases. Who.int. 2021. Available from: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases.
- World Health Organization. Improving Adolescent Health and Development. Geneva: Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development; 2001. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/64320/WHO_FRH_ADH_98.18_Rev.1.pdf;jsessionid=CB67838D5DAD96E3464B2FCA07F3328F?sequence=1