Piloting Health System Integration in Northern Ethiopia
In Northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, government health professionals have increasingly incorporated Smart Start into their outreach – using the financial planning module to meet the reproductive health needs of last-mile married girls aged 15-19 too often left behind in the district’s over-crowded health system.
Designing a Reality Powered by Youth
By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, Adolescents 360 Ayana has a dream for his 25-year-old sister. Ayana is one of more than 280 young designers for A360, an adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health project that works with and for young people. It’s a dream for the same sister who teasingly calls him “competitive.” […]
Her Implant Transformed Their Life: A Husband’s Tale
Yakaubu* and his 19-year-old wife were expecting, again. Contraception gives Yakaubu peace of mind knowing he and his wife can plan for the family—and future they desire. *Face blurred and name changed to protect privacy. Neither, however, had the financial means to raise another child. Ending the pregnancy, they’d decided, was the right way forward. […]
Breaking the Gossip Cycle: Adolescents 360 Helps Teens Find Safe Place To Talk Sex
The need to reimagine reproductive health care for teens in Tanzania is urgent. 45% of the population is under the age of 15 and 44% of girls become pregnant by age 19. PSI’s Adolescent 360 program meets teens where they are — outside of clinics — and with language and activities that make sense for them.
From Coding to Contraception: Athumani Helps A360 Team Get Stronger Impact
The need to reimagine reproductive health care for teens in Tanzania is urgent. 45% of the population is under the age of 15 and 44% of girls become pregnant by age 19. PSI’s Adolescent 360 program meets teens where they are — outside of clinics — and with language and activities that make sense for them.
There Are No Bad Ideas: Just Untested Ones
The need to reimagine reproductive health care for teens in Tanzania is urgent. 45% of the population is under the age of 15 and 44% of girls become pregnant by age 19. PSI’s Adolescent 360 program meets teens where they are — outside of clinics — and with language and activities that make sense for them.
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The need to reimagine reproductive health care for teens in Tanzania is urgent. 45% of the population is under the age of 15 and 44% of girls become pregnant by age 19. PSI’s Adolescent 360 program meets teens where they are — outside of clinics — and with language and activities that make sense for them.
Empathy In Action: A360 Asks Parents to Remember What It Was Like to Be a Teen
In Tanzania, parents typically don’t talk to their children about contraception or pregnancy prevention. That is why PSI, alongside a consortium of partners, has created Kuwa Mjanja, a program that focuses on preventing unplanned pregnancy among girls aged 15-19 by co-creating programs with the teens they serve.