A360 Global Technical Strategy Description (Updated May 2024)
A360’s first investment phase (2016-2020) supported over 400,000 adolescent girls aged 15-19 to take up a modern method of contraception and strengthened health systems across the project’s geographies (including Tanzania, Nigeria, and Ethiopia) to be more responsive to the unique needs of adolescent girls. In 2020, the project transitioned to a second investment phase (2020-2025), […]
Applying Human-Centered Design to Replicate an Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention: A Case Study of Binti Shupavu in Kenya
By Nancy Njoki, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, David Mireri, Alex Nana-Sinkam and Mary Phillips If something works in one place, it should work in another…right? In public health, it’s not usually that simple. Different people, different health systems, and different challenges mean evidence-based practices do not always translate easily. In a new article from Global Health Science and Practice, we share […]
Balancing evidence-informed and user-responsive design: Experience with human-centered design to generate layered economic empowerment and SRH programming in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria
by Meghan Cutherell, Mary Phillips, Carrie Eleett, Emnet Woubishet, Joy Otsanya Ede, Akinjike Adesina, Arnold Kabahaula, Alex Nana-Sinkam, Abednego Musau, Katherine Nichol In 2021, the Adolescents 360 (A360) project pursued a human-centered design (HCD) process to layer complementary economic empowerment components on top of its existing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions targeting adolescent girls […]
Management Response to A360 External Evaluation (2016-2020)
A360’s donors commissioned an external evaluation in 2016 to independently evaluate and distill lessons from the program. This evaluation was comprised of three evaluations in one: a process evaluation, an outcome evaluation, and a cost-effectiveness analysis. This management response, compiled by A360, responds to the results of this external evaluation. The goal of this response […]
Implementing adaptive youth-centered adolescent sexual reproductive health programming: learning from the Adolescents 360 project in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria (2016-2020)
This technical brief captures what we learned and how we pivoted following our external 2018 mid-term evaluation.
Key Achievements from A360’s First Investment Phase (2016-2020)
From 2016-2020, A360 designed and delivered four interventions across Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania that tapped into adolescent girls’ aspirations, supporting them to access and use contraception as a tool to pursue their goals. This publication reflects on the history and learning from this first investment phase for A360.
Starting the conversation: Supporting young married couples’ shared decision-making in Ethiopia
This poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021 describes the results of design work conducted by A360 to strengthen engagement of male partners within its intervention in Ethiopia, Smart Start.
Establishing the relevance and value of contraceptives to adolescents: Lessons from aspirational ASRH program models
This poster presentation, given at the 2021 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) describes the core of A360’s program approach – to lead with supporting to girls to identify and validate their holistic goals for their lives and positioning contraception as a valuable tool in support of girls achieving those goals. Aspirational approaches can be […]