Adolescent health care pushed

The Manila Times

Adolescent health care pushed  Dr. Emma Llanto of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital says during the Uniting Voices for Adolescent Health held in Quezon City on Aug. 7, 2025 that pediatricians are tasked to take care of almost half of the country’s population, stressing the importance of investing in adolescent health.   VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Health #Philippines

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00:00are made up of children and adolescents and you see that there are more teen ages right now

00:07than children so as pediatricians we are tasked to take care of almost 40 percent of the population

00:17and although we always think that young people the younger population are a burden they're

00:27actually an asset and they are called these are their own and the first Lancet commission on

00:35adolescent health and well-being published in 2016 called adolescence their demographic dividend

00:46it means that these adolescents will grow up to be our leaders our workers our professionals and will

00:55spur and drive economic growth and development of our countries so do you recall that it's always

01:02a problem if it's an aging population like Japan it's a problem they don't have enough people young

01:09people to take up jobs so we have this resource in terms of our adolescent population so they should

01:19not be seen as a burden but rather as an asset

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