Case summary
The Youth Health Programme Colombia was an initiative for non-communicable disease prevention and wellbeing promotion with young people aged 10 to 24 in Bogota. Implementation took place in Suba, Engativa and Fontibon, combining peer education, capacity strengthening, youth-friendly health services, youth participation, gender equality, emotional wellbeing and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Public project period: January 2021 to December 2025.
Published programme impact
- 68,017 young people reached.
- 554 peer educators.
- 2,286 community actors.
- 548 health professionals.
- 1,885 members of education institutions.
- 2,146 mothers, fathers and caregivers.
- 20 district education institutions and 2 higher education institutions.
These figures correspond to the institutional programme as a whole.
My professional contribution
- Implementation, planning, follow-up and programme closure.
- Youth training and capacity strengthening for peer educators and healthy influencers.
- Communication and knowledge management: campaigns, guides, kits, microsite support and legacy documentation.
- Participation and advocacy to make youth voices visible and strengthen friendly services.
- Stakeholder engagement, reports, terms of reference and result narratives.
Collective outcomes are not attributed as individual achievements.
Public sources
- https://plan.org.co/proyecto/youth-health-programme-colombia/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/nuestro-impacto/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/sobre-el-programa/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/como-lo-hicimos/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/voces-jovenes/
- https://plan.org.co/salud-joven/recursos/
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhVKr6qOe9UQpur-VXeVrk-nv5sUJd8te