Table 2.

National policies on youth, sexual and reproductive health, health and development (Malawi, 2017–2018)

National policy	Definition of youth	Focus on youth in vision, goals or principles	Consideration of SRH needs of youth	Youth participate in policymaking process	Societal norms, traditions or power relations addressed	Youth considered as homogeneous group	Disaggregated data on SRH (by age and sex)
National Youth Policy (2013), Ministry of Youth and Sports (2013)	10–35 years	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Malawi Youth Status Report (2016) (Government of Malawi 2016)	Report focused on youth aged 10–29 years	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Youth-Friendly Health Services Strategy (2015–2020) (Ministry of Health Republic of Malawi 2015)	Defined as 10–35 years, but focus of YFHS is 10–24 years	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (by sex), limited disaggregation by age
National Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Strategy (2017–2022) (The Government of Malawi and UNFPA 2017)	15–24 years	Yes	Yes	–	No	Yes	No
National Policy for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (2018) (Malawi 2018)	10–24 years, strategy focuses on adolescent girls and young women	Yes	Yes	–	Yes	No	No
Malawi growth development strategy (MGDSIII) (2017–2022)	10–29 years (in MGDS II)	No, but youth development is cross-cutting	No	–	Yes	Yes	No
Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan II (2017–2022)	No information	No	No	–	No	Yes	No
National strategic plan for HIV and AIDS (2015–2020)	10–24 years	No	Yes	–	Yes	No	No