Unleashing the potential of young changemakers
Being young does not limit the ability to innovate, construct, and showcase the capacity to drive change and create solutions. For far too long, the youths have, in many instances, been branded with negative stereotypes and thought to be irresponsible, unproductive, and lacking experience. But that is far from reality. Creating an enabling environment for […]
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 […]
A Guide to Adaptive Implementation
A360’s guide to Adaptive Implementation is designed to be a practical tool that teams can use to optimize interventions based on what they are learning through real-world implementation. This guide introduces Adaptive Implementation and walks you through the essential steps of the process. Divided into easy-to-digest modules, the guide covers mapping your intervention, identifying learning questions, developing a monitoring plan, deciding whether to adapt, and more. Read […]
A360 Global Research and Learning Agenda (Updated May 2024)
A360 is not a conventional investment in service delivery. The value of the investment in A360 will be amplified and sustained when external stakeholders at all levels can understand and apply A360’s learning. This application depends on A360 effectively testing the real-world effectiveness of its innovative approaches, successfully capturing evidence and learning from the process, […]