Community Health Workers in Ethiopia Set Out to Promote Health – They’ve Empowered Girls Too
Ethiopia has made significant progress in supporting gender equality and girls’ empowerment. Rates of child marriage and teenage pregnancy have decreased substantially. Access to sexual and...
Accelerated institutionalization of an adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) intervention in Tanzania: Findings from a mixed methods evaluation
By Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, Edwin Mtei, Juliana Bwire, Augustino Julius, Catherine Kahabuka. MD. PhD Isabellah Luhanga, Gerald Kihwele From 2018 to 2020 Adolescents 360 (A360)...
Supporting Girls’ Ability to Achieve Their Dreams
"I hope that 20 years from now, every adolescent girl will know the value of available reproductive health services for them that are of help as they plan for the lives they want to live. I hope...
SMART START: HOW DIGITIZATION IS REVOLUTIONIZING CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING
By Fana Abay, Marketing and Communications Director, PSI Ethiopia Health systems are often not designed to support women and girls in exercising their sexual and reproductive...
Press release: External Evaluation Joint Management Response
The summative report for the external evaluation of A360’s first investment phase was published on 8 November 2022, alongside A360’s management response. This summative report and management...
7 Myths Surrounding Contraception – Busted!
Adolescents encounter many obstacles to safe sex and pregnancy prevention. Along with issues of access, cost, fear of side effects, compromised privacy and confidentiality, bias of providers, and...
The Next Chapter
By Matthew Wilson, A360 Project Director, PSI It’s my final day with A360. It’s almost four years since I first started supporting A360, before taking up the leadership role. I was asked to...
From Country Lead to A360’s Global Deputy Director, Meet Fifi Ogbondeminu
Take a peek at what a typical day looks like for A360's deputy director! By Kasey Henderson, Senior Associate Communications Manager, A360, PSI Fifi Oluwatoyin Ogbondeminu often begins her...
Measuring a ‘Moving Target’
This article originally appeared on HCDExchange. Human-centred design (HCD) is increasingly being used as a complementary approach to traditional global health programming methods to...
5 Key Lessons from 5 Years of Investments
By Meghan Cutherell, PSI/A360 Senior Program Manager and Kasey Henderson, PSI/A360 Senior Associate Communications Manager Catalytic impact grows from a mindset shift. With the September 2020...
Measuring HCD is Hard. Let’s Talk About Best Practices.
This article originally appeared on HCDExchange. Adolescents 360 (A360) is a project aimed at increasing access to and demand for modern contraception for girls aged 15 to 19, through...
Exploring Insights from Kuwa Mjanja for Replication and Adaptation in Kenya
By Juliana Bwire, A360 Country Lead, PSI Tanzania and Nancy Njoki, A360 Country Lead, PS Kenya A360 set out to change the adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) landscape...