2016 — 2026
A decade, as it actually
happened.
JANUARY 2016
A360 begins
Adolescents 360 launches, funded initially by the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, led by PSI, SFH Nigeria and PS Kenya.
JANUARY 2016
2016 – 2018
Listening & insight gathering
Formative research and Human-Centered Design (HCD) work with girls, husbands, mothers, providers and community influencers across Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia surface the real barriers to contraceptive access.
2016 – 2018
2016 – 2020
First investment phase: design, test, adapt, scale
Using HCD and adaptive implementation, A360 designs, implements and scales ASRH interventions across four geographies. Over roughly 2.5 years of implementation, more than 400,000 adolescent girls (15–19) take up a modern contraceptive method.
2016 – 2020
2021
Kenya joins; Tanzania transitions to government
Binti Shupavu launches in Kenya. In Tanzania, A360 pursues an expedited, government-led institutionalization and handover of Kuwa Mjanja — documented in a peer-reviewed Frontiers publication.
2021
2020 – 2025
Kenya joins; Tanzania transitions to government
Binti Shupavu launches in Kenya. In Tanzania, A360 pursues an expedited, government-led institutionalization and handover of Kuwa Mjanja — documented in a peer-reviewed Frontiers publication.
2020 – 2025
ONGOING
Government ownership & health-system integration
MMA is institutionalized and scaled by Nigeria's government across four northern states; Smart Start is scaled by Ethiopia's Federal Ministry of Health as RISE across 11,000+ kebeles; Kenya's Binti Shupavu deepens county-government partnership.
ONGOING
2026
Ten years of learning and impact
Over 1 million adolescent girls have voluntarily adopted a modern contraceptive method with A360's support. The evidence base continues to grow — A360 published new conference research on continuation and government-led scale as recently as July 2026.
2026





