ENHANCING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS & YOUNG WOMEN
Smart Start, developed under the Adolescents 360 (A360) initiative, is an innovative approach to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in Ethiopia.
Refreshing the A360 gender strategy
Back in 2021, Population Services International’s Adolescents 360 (A360) program decided to develop a gender strategy to provide a framework for its commitment to and actions on gender equality. With support from Kore Global.
A360’s Revised MAYE Strategy: Youth as Active Partners in Health Decision-Making
By Winnie Musubika, Senior Technical Advisor, Adolescent and Youth SRH, A360 Over the years, there has been growing recognition of young people as key stakeholders in health promotion and disease prevention efforts across the globe as evidenced by international frameworks such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the International Conference […]
Can adolescent and youth health approaches be impactful and sustainable? It’s a balancing act
Background Investments in adolescents and youth (AY) as they form life-long health habits can have multiplicative effects. For many AY, norms curtail information-sharing, and leave decisions about health practices, including contraception, with family and household influencers. Shifting norms and power structures requires supportive partners and family, yet many initiatives struggle to sustain community approaches through […]
We Neglected the Boys
By Tonka Noel, A360 Nigeria Today, I am a 30-year-old Black man living in Nigeria. In all this time, I can only remember being in the sickbay during my undergraduate school days just once. This was when I was admitted in my third year because I had contracted cholera from contaminated water. Before this, I […]