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Youth For Health Charter (Y4H)

Recognizing that

• health is vital for development and is also a fundamental human right,
• health is influenced not only by individual factors but also by several other determinants that operate at the level of the society,
• young persons must acquire and apply knowledge related to the protection and promotion of health,
• young persons must not only adopt personal behaviours which sustain good health over their lifespan but also advocate social policies which support those behaviours.

Young persons from 35 countries meeting at the first Global Youth Meet on Health (GYM 2006) at Agra in India, hereby

Resolve to

• create a Youth For Health (Y4H) movement with the objective of promoting health advocacy for policies which can protect the present and future health of their generation,
• strive for shaping social conditions that are conducive to the health of all sections of society,
• connect young persons across the world with the Y4H network, to form a global alliance of young health advocates,
• create partnerships (at national, regional and global levels) which can carry out concerted actions for promoting health friendly policies,
• collectively campaign on common causes involving tobacco control, curbing of alcohol and drug abuse, promotion of healthy diets and regular physical activity, protection of the environment, enhancing gender equity and gender respect as means of protecting women’s health, prevention of HIV infection, promotion of road safety and other major issues relevant to health.
• contribute to making the world a safer, happier and healthier place for young people to grow up in and lead productive lives.