EVIHDAF is part of a consortium that is implementing the Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Exemplars (ASHER) project. The project is funded by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), which, along with researchers from the University of Southampton (UK), the University of Portsmouth (UK), have received funding from a “Large Anonymous Donor” in collaboration with the Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) program at Gates Ventures (GV).
The project aims to examine the policies and programs that have been successful in select LMICS to reduce these high levels of pregnancies, including prevention and management of unintended pregnancy, and to advance ASRHR. The research also seeks to determine how the lessons learned and best practices can be applied to improve SRHR outcomes for adolescents across geographies. In addition, we will engage youth leaders in each Exemplar country to help guide the work through Youth Advisory Councils.
The project has identified six positive outlier countries by assessing the annual change in countries’ age-specific fertility rate (ASFR) 15-19 years relative to mean years of education from 2000-2017. These are Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, and Rwanda in Africa, and Nepal and India in Asia.
