Skip to main content
PSI
Healthy Lives. Measurable Results.
MENUMENU
  • Who We Are
    • PSI at a Glance
    • Board of Directors
    • Senior Staff
    • Country Leadership
    • News
    • Press Releases
    • Impact Magazine & Blog
    • Annual Reports
    • Integrity & Protection Hotline
    • Contact Us
    • Partner With Us
      • Corporate Partnerships
      • Philanthropic Partnerships
      • Key Development Partners
      • Ambassadors
  • What We Do
    • Commitments
      • Putting More Care and Control Directly in Consumers' Hands
      • Revolutionize the Way Adolescents Access Contraception
      • Improve Access to Primary Care Networks
      • Unlock Domestic Financing
    • Approaches
      • Shape Markets
      • Shift Global Health Policy & Funding
      • Strengthen Global Capacity
    • Health Areas
      • Contraception
      • HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
      • Malaria
      • Non-Communicable Diseases
      • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
      • All Health Areas
    • Health Solutions
    • Countries
    • Success Stories
  • Where We Work
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Donate Monthly
    • Donate Offline
    • Employer Matching
    • Gifts of Stock
    • Manage Monthly Contribution
    • Combined Federal Campaign
  • Blog
    • About Impact Blog & Magazine
    • Impact Magazine Past Issues
    • Impact Magazine Issue 25
  • Careers
  • Resources
    • Methodologies
      • Quantitative Studies (TRaC)
      • Qualitative Studies (FoQus)
      • Geographic Studies (MAP)
      • Access to PSI Data
    • Evidence Behind PSI's Approaches
      • Social Marketing Evidence Base
      • Total Market Approach
    • Resource Library
    • Research Ethics Board
    • Tracking Our Impact
      • Impact Calculator
      • Monthly Impact Dashboard
PSI Home \ Impact Blog \ FAILING, LEARNING AND REVOLUTIONIZING—TRANSPARENTLY

FAILING, LEARNING AND REVOLUTIONIZING—TRANSPARENTLY

Date Posted: June 18, 2018

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, 2 in 5 adolescent girls aged 15-19 across developing countries will experience an unintended pregnancy. More than half of these will end in abortion. Solving this pervading gap requires that the public health community and others to recalibrate how it operates, says Fuchs-Montgomery, the Deputy Director for Evidence and Innovation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The thread, she suggests, lies in establishing transparency—in how we work, broadening with whom we work, how we succeed and how we fail. Nomi shares what it will take to design for an adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) revolution.

“Creating solutions with youth is not simply a nice to have. It’s a requirement for success. When I think of an AYSRH revolution, I see young people choosing from a full range of contraceptive methods that best meet their needs and preferences, where they want and from whom they want. Achieving this requires that we—public health practitioners and donors—stop determining solutions for youth and start committing to authentically listening to young people’s lived experiences. Yet as a community, we keep repeating interventions where we have evidence that demonstrates these interventions do not provide robust enough impact.

If we are serious about a revolution, we must operate differently. Together, let’s test and share new ways of designing, without the fear of failing. Let’s establish transparency between projects so we can learn from each other in real time. Let’s work collectively to better steward resources, celebrate and learn from failures and do so in a way that cuts across our community. We must build the evidence that brings young people into the center of the story. This isn’t a project-by-project movement. It’s a cascade of passion, collaboration, investments and partnership, powering adolescents to thrive—today and into the future. When we invest now, we are more likely to see young people reach their full potential throughout their reproductive lives.”

PSI helps support Healthier lives

PSI makes it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire.

YOUR INVESTMENT = REAL IMPACT

93% program expenses

7% management, general, fundraising expenses

1120 19th Street, NW, Suite 600
| Washington, DC 20036
| p (202) 785-0072
| f (202) 785-0120

© 2019 Copyright PSI Contact Privacy Policy Credits Terms and Conditions

Donate

Translate »

PSI collects cookies on this website to ensure you have the best experience.
By using this site, you agree that we may store and access cookies on your device.

Got It! Learn More