Cracking the Code
By Manya Dotson, Adolescents 360 Project Director AN AUDACIOUS UNDERTAKING Adolescents 360 (A360) has been a courageous and visionary investment—the sort of audacious...
With Me, Not For Me
By Emily Sullivan, Adolescent and Youth Engagement Manager, Family Planning 2020 Secretariat From global to local, the FP2020 community is increasingly focused on meeting the...
Learning to Listen to Adolescents
Human-Centered Design (HCD) introduces an innovative approach for how global health partners can actively listen to adolescents to drive hyper-tailored sexual and reproductive health...
The Evidence to Action Gap
By Dr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Scientist, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, World Health Organization’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research and the Human...
Failing, Learning and Revolutionizing—Transparently
There are 1.2 billion young people in the world today entering their reproductive years. As Nomi Fuchs-Montgomery says, their power drives public health impact. Still, two in five...
So You Want a Revolution
By Manya Dotson, Adolescents 360 Project Director, and Emma Beck, A360 Associate Communications Manager “One in five Tanzanian girls has already given birth,” Irene...
Adaptive Implementation, From the Desk of an A360’er
By Metsehate Ayenekulu, Adolescents 360 Ethiopia Program Director, PSI/Ethiopia As Ethiopia’s program director for Adolescents 360 (A360), I tell you firsthand: utilizing...
Engaging Influencers Across the Health System
By Beth Skorochod, Senior Technical Advisor for Social and Behavior Change, PSI The attendee hovered just outside PSI’s booth at the Social and Behavior Change Communication...
Integrating Advertising into the Development Sector
Changing norms and addressing community barriers are two bold ways that ad agencies are bringing unique perspectives to the development sector. In Tanzania, A360 worked alongside Khanga...
Harnessing the Power of Youth to Reach our FP2020 Pledge
By Amy Uccello, Sr. AYSRH Technical Advisor, Adolescents 360, PSI A young leader once told me: if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. Herein lies the root of positive youth...
Sparking a Human-Centered Revolution
Karen Sommer Shalett: You have worked in public health for two decades. From your experience, where have traditional AYSRH health models missed the...
Human Centered Design Inspires Innovation… and Trust
By Emma Beck, Associate Communications Manager, PSI As Shahada Kinyaga, PSI Tanzania’s Adolescents 360 (A360) lead, notes: A360 is anything but traditional. Launched in...