Past community programmes

Young Health community programmes are developed to meet local needs and resources and are executed in over 40 countries by non-profit organisation partners, often with AstraZeneca employees volunteering their support.

The programmes below have been completed and have informed later activities.



Angola

Accelerating youth-led action to prevent non-communicable diseases

Australia - Driving Change

Improving access to transport for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Australia - Kitchen Gardens

Developing professional learning and educational resources for secondary school educators to deliver hands-on pleasurable food education.


Australia - Rural Minds Youth

Helping young people in rural Australia cope with mental ill health

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Building a new narrative that smoking is not healthy, nor cool

Brazil- phase 1 & 2

Addressing youth health issues in Maranhão (2010 – 2015) and São Paulo (2017 – 2020).


Brazil- phase 3

Empowering youth with knowledge, services and advocacy for NCD prevention. (2020 - 2025)

Bulgaria

Tackling tobacco smoking by promoting positive role models

Canada - Young Canadians Roundtable on Health


Canada - Flex Your Head

12 module programme on mental health and wellness developed with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.

Canada - At My Best

Long-running schools programme for kindergarten to grade 6 on physical activity, healthy eating, and emotional wellbeing

China

Delivering awareness and education on the contributing factors to non-communicable diseases. Supporting autistic children in the community


Croatia

Building a new narrative that smoking is not healthy, nor cool

Denmark

Adventure club programme encouraging physical activity and healthy diet among socially vulnerable young people.

Egypt

Addressing NCD risks in four districts in Cairo


Hong Kong

Supporting youth who play sports and their sports coaches with ways to manage their own, and their peers’, mental health more effectively

India - phases 1 & 2

Addressing youth health in resettlement communities across Delhi’

India - phase 3

Well-established programme addressing NCDs and sexual and reproductive health around Delhi.


Indonesia

Tobacco-focused campaign in three cities aligned with national government health promotion initiatives.

Indonesia

Addressing NCD risk prevention in four districts of the capital Jakarta with Plan International [2021 - 2025]

Israel

Participatory workshops led by people with disabilities aim to promote healthy habits to curb non communicable diseases in Israel


Italy

Supporting pediatric patients and their families through sports and wellbeing activities

Japan

Supporting children's cafeterias with nutritional education to enable young people to live healthier lives

Jordan

Be the Change – For You: Young Health Programme Jordan


Kenya

Programme from 2016 reducing risk behaviours around NCDs and addressing adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kibera.

Korea

Addressing mental health and suicidal behaviour in adolescence

Korea

Supporting the mental health of young people in Seoul


Malaysia

Improving awareness of non-communicable diseases, with particular focus on kidney disease

Myanmar

Empower young people through building knowledge and skills on NCD risk factors

Netherlands

Linking research and experiential expertise on youth homelessness, to develop effective interventions.


Norway

Helping families of undocumented migrants in Oslo to gain access to appropriate support.

Palestinian Territories

Learn more about how the YHP is supporting young Palestinians in the Gaza and West Bank areas to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to life

Papua New Guinea

Accelerating youth-led action to prevent non-communicable diseases


Poland

Connecting mental well-being and NCD prevention through youth-led action

Portugal

Encouraging young people to take control of their health and well-being, build self-reliance and self-respect.

Serbia

Raising awareness and educating children in Serbia about healthy lifestyles, healthy diets, and physical activity


South Africa - Orange Corners

Boosting youth entrepreneurship and employment in underdeveloped areas, helping young people build sustainable livelihoods and supporting their long-term health and wellbeing

Taiwan

A national health education programme building knowledge and awareness of NCD risk factors

Thailand

Supporting youth-led action on healthier behaviours and NCD prevention in Thailand, with Plan International


Türkiye - Run first for first aid

A school-based first aid training programme for high school students

Türkiye - I am a teenager

This project investigated the causes of violence in schools and assessed techniques to reduce it

Türkiye - Hey youth! Take action!

A school-based programme to improve diet and exercise with a social media twist


UK

Research and development of support materials for professionals working with homeless young people, with Depaul UK

USA

Multi-stakeholder work promoting behaviour change amongst young adolescents in disadvantaged communities in Delaware.

Vietnam

Peer education programme based in Hanoi


Zambia

Educating young people in disadvantaged communities on NCD risk factors and sexual health.