Tenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

Youth Friendly Health Service is a priority program of the Government of Bangladesh as it is implementing the National Strategy on Adolescent Health and has undertaken the plan of actions on adolescent health. To expand AFHS throughout the country and to extend SRH services to unmarried adolescents in particular, the Bangladesh government has taken some initiatives to focus more on adolescent operation plans to ensure their rights. In-depth Interview were conducted and the report poses ﬁndings from a qualitative study assessing eight AFHCs located in four divisions including Sylhet, Barishal, Rangpur and Khulna to understand the comparative narrations of the actual situation and the operational plan on the established adolescent friendly health corners.The ﬁndings appear that AFHCs (which are integrated into existing facilities) are reaching unmarried adolescent girls with a range of health services, both general and SRH-related, through established health facilities.The adolescent girls who received services from AFHCs were generally satisﬁed. More improvement is needed on those adolescent centers to ensure quality health services. Being a part of the ongoing advocacy process aims to highlight the need of youth friendly and quality health service and to persuade Government and all other concerned stakeholders to stand for adolescent and youth health rights that are safe, youth-friendly and quality based. Apart from this, this reality check conﬁrms the continuing importance of putting young people living in both urban and rural areas at the center of every discussion and design newer and adaptive programs to improve adolescent-friendly services.