Project profile — Achieving Reproductive Rights for Adolescents, Reducing Maternal and Newborn Mortality

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced ability of adolescents, women of reproductive age and pregnant women to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and use gender-transformative, culturally-sensitive, and adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services; (2) improved delivery of high quality gender-transformative, adolescent-friendly and culturally-sensitive sexual and reproductive health services to women and adolescent girls and boys; and (3) improved quality of participatory local health governance systems for delivery of evidence-based, culturally-sensitive, adolescent-friendly and gender-transformative SRHR services.

Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) sensitized 15,904 adolescents (55% women) through Social Behavior Change Communication events; (2) trained and mentored 764 adolescents through the Champions of Change program; (3) facilitated 400 peer-to-peer initiatives with adolescent networks, reaching over 6,500 adolescents; (4) conducted over 24,000 gender-transformative and adolescent-friendly Social Behavior Communication home visits by health personnel and community health workers on sexual and reproductive health and rights; (5) trained 1,722 pregnant women and women of reproductive age on sexual and reproductive rights and protection; (6) trained over 4,300 partners or family members of pregnant women on sexual and reproductive health and rights; (7) trained over 7,000 family and community member (56% women) to promote gender-transformative sexual and reproductive health, rights, and protection; and (8) adapted and equipped 50 health facilities to a wide range of specialized services for adolescents.