she’s at the center, every step of the way
We are reimagining how adolescents access contraception—with her, for her in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria, and beyond.
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Ethiopia
A360’s Smart Start introduces targeted financial messaging designed to help adolescent rural girls aged 15-19 and their husbands plan for the families, and lives, that they want. Through RISE, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health will integrate Smart Start into Ethiopia’s national Health Extension Program – bringing Smart Start to 1 million girls by 2025.
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A360’s Kuwa Mjanja delivers entrepreneurial skills and contraceptive counseling sessions—tailored to and delightfully branded for the unique needs of the 15-19-year-old girls we serve.
Learn MoreNorthern Nigeria
In Northern Nigeria, Matasa Matan Arewa, the first replication of A360’s blueprint, reaches married girls aged 15-19 and their husbands through maternal and child health and skills building classes. These serve entry points to reach couples with contraceptive counseling, where they are and how they say they need.
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In Southern Nigeria and in parts of Northern Nigeria, A360’s 9ja Girls provides unmarried girls aged 15-19 with a platform to gain the skills and knowledge to know that their lives are theirs to make.
Learn MoreIn Ethiopia, 4 in 5 girls will have a baby by age 20 before they understand the financial implications. A360's Smart Start addresses this reality, and has been awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates as a 2019 Goalkeepers Accelerator.
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Featured Resources
A360’s Midterm Evaluation Report
A 2018 Midterm Evaluation Report (MTE), led by Itad – A360’s external evaluator, in addition to A360’s subsequent management response.
The Case of Smart Start in Ethiopia
A case study of the A360 experience in Ethiopia offering considerations for similar AYSRH implementation in future settings.
Youth Engagement Plan
For youth engagement to be meaningful, it requires intentionality, resources, and training
Introducing the A360 Open Source, a treasure chest of learnings and tools that you can apply as we work, together, to drive youth-powered sexual and reproductive health breakthroughs. It's all just a click away.
ExploreLearnings & Reflections
4 Lessons on Training Providers in a Pandemic
As frontline health workers gear up for COVID-19, priming providers and mobilizers with the information and guidance to respond to the virus remains imperative. And with lives on the line, there’s no room for error.
Young People’s Reproductive Health Needs Don’t Pause for Pandemics
Fusing digital innovation with field-tested outreach, the A360 Nigeria team pivoted quickly to merge COVID-19 awareness with SRH information, delivering creative, urgent and difficult solutions to an ever-evolving situation. We’ve documented the approach and replicable learnings.
To measure innovation, we should have suited up differently
We applied a standard approach to setting up our M&E, despite embarking on a very different program journey. That was a failure.
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