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This editorial introduces a six-article supplement in Health Policy and Planning addressing key priorities for adolescent health and well-being policy and programming, with particular attention to young people's own perspectives and evidence from low- and middle-income countries. The supplement opens with findings from the \u2018What Young People Want Survey\u2019, drawing on responses from over 1.5 million young people across 89 countries. Results reveal that adolescents\u2019 priorities span multiple domains\u2014especially learning and employability, safety and supportive environments, and health and nutrition\u2014underscoring the necessity of multi-sectoral approaches. Three articles address financing. Together, they demonstrate that integrated health\u2013education interventions can yield returns of at least 11 dollars per dollar invested and that scaling up treatment for adolescent depression and anxiety produces benefit\u2013cost ratios of 15.4 and 13.9 in Colombia and South Africa, respectively\u2014while cautioning that investments must be designed with an explicit equity focus to avoid deepening existing inequalities. Another article presents new World Health Organization and Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health guidance for monitoring adolescent health and well-being holistically across the five domains of the UN conceptual framework, supported by an Excel-based data tool that maximizes use of existing data. The supplement concludes with an early assessment of commitments made at the 2023 Global Forum for Adolescents across four countries, finding that progress is hindered by fragmented systems, funding gaps, and insufficient disaggregated data. The evidence presented in this supplement makes clear that improving adolescent health and well-being is neither aspirational nor unaffordable\u2014it is an investment with compelling returns. 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