Advancing Adolescent Health (A2H)
Bangladesh
We work with young people to ensure they can access quality health services.
Many young people in Bangladesh have a lack of knowledge and access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services, putting them at risk of unintended pregnancies and high maternal mortality.
As government facilities are not required to provide this type service to unmarried young people, the health of young people is put at risk.What are we doing?
The Advancing Adolescent Health (A2H) project was designed to improve ASRH and family planning knowledge, while increasing access to and use of related health services in Bangladesh.
Reaching youth and adolescents between the ages of with multi-level interventions, the project encouraged delayed marriage, family planning and strengthening adolescent-friendly ASRH in government, non-government and private sector health facilities.
At the provider level, A2H strengthened the engagement of key community gatekeepers, while increasing the demand for quality ASRH and family planning services.
Project
impact
- 307,914
- adolescent girls and boys, ages 10 to 19 years, received life skills training
- 50,300
- adolescents received sexual and reproductive health services from union health and family welfare centers, and community clinics.
- 53,702
- parents and community leaders were trained and engaged to promote sexual reproductive health.
- 3,632
- married adolescent and newlywed couples were educated on family planning, contraception, birth spacing and birth registration.
Community meetings
Project staff met with members of Community Health Management Committees as part of the project.
Community scorecard results: Waiting area
Using the community scorecard approach implemented by the Systems for Health project, one community identified the need for a covered waiting area outside of the local health post and began construction.
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