Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. Thank you for your presentations.
Doctor Bhutta, you mentioned in your presentation that the last decade has been a “phenomenal decade in human history”. I sense that a lot of that was based on different countries working together towards a common set of objectives. I think the millennium development goals were very helpful in getting countries focused on the countries that were providing some of that development assistance and providing some of that effort, and also on the countries that were on the receiving end.
You mentioned a couple of things. One was about the need to be more involved in terms of adolescent boys. Part of the problem is with regard to social determinants around things like teenage pregnancy and so on. Are there development goals currently, or are there development goals being discussed for the next round of development goals, associated with that challenge of adolescent boys? What are some things we can try to marshal our thinking around to try to focus on that challenge of adolescent boys in developing countries?