You, Your Life, Your Dreams is a book that helps young people make informed decisions about their sexual lives. Easy to read and visually attractive, it provides accessible, objective, and urgently-needed information on a broad range of sexual and reproductive health issues. Designed for young people and for educators who work with them, the manual was originally conceived for use in English-speaking Africa, and is now being distributed in three languages and four different versions reflecting the regional contexts and the unique challenges facing adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Download Part I, Part II, Part III for the English- speaking Caribbean

Most smokers begin the habit before reaching their 18th birthday, and a quarter of those began smoking before age 10, writes Mirta Roses, director of the Pan-American Health Organization, in this exclusive column for Tierramérica.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) was founded in 1954 with the goal of improving the health of women throughout the Americas. IPPF/WHR seeks to address the range of sexual and reproductive health issues that affect the integral health of women, men and adolescents. IPPF/WHR's work is grounded in the belief that access to quality, sexual and reproductive health information and services is a basic human right.

The Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA) is the only regional non-governmental organization devoted to family planning, sexual and reproductive health care in the Caribbean. The CFPA serves 17 island member associations and 5 associate members in the Caribbean, Central and South America by providing them with technical assistance and materials and representing their collective interests at volunteer meetings of the IPPF and in the Caribbean region among governments and NGOs.

More people are abusing drugs today than in any other time in history, and many of those people are youth. The connection between youth and drug abuse raises several questions, like: Why are young people at risk of drug abuse? Why do young people use drugs? What is wrong with doing drugs when people have been doing them for centuries?

Worldwide, young women and men suffer a disproportionate share of unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and other serious reproductive health problems. Family Health International (FHI) works with partner organizations worldwide to address persistent challenges that influence the health conditions and quality of services available to youth.