Provision of Adolescent youth-responsive services at the different health levels

Stigma, service costs, and provider bias pose formidable barriers to Ethiopian young people’s ability to access SRH services. To address these barriers, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health with partners introduced and scaled up youth-friendly services in the Ethiopian public health system. There is need to give importance to adolescent and youth health in the effort at reaping the demographic dividend. This calls for an investment in human and physical capital that enables adolescents and young people to stay healthy, get educated, and find productive and income-generating employment