Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
In 1999, the Population Council’s USAID-funded Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS) project, began a three-year collaboration in Senegal on an adolescent reproductive health (ARH) pilot project that showed that a multisectoral, multidisciplinary approach can increase knowledge, enhance attitudes, and foster positive behaviors for reproductive health. Following requests from several neighboring countries, and given the long collaboration with WHO, FRONTIERS initiated efforts in 2007 to enable utilization of these findings in other African countries. The purpose of this report is to promote the utilization of multisectoral approaches for improving ARH programming by governments, donors, and national and international agencies in francophone West Africa. The most important recommendations for those seeking to replicate this approach to maximizing utilization of findings from research and scaling up effective service models are the continued involvement of key institutions from the outset, the use of a participatory process to ensure ownership and build capacity, and widespread and repeated dissemination of the results expressed as programmatic recommendations.
Recommended Citation
Diop, Nafissatou J. and Anta Fall Diagne. 2008. "Sharing experiences with comprehensive responses to adolescent reproductive health needs in Africa," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh4.1109
Language
English
Project
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
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