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Read the final report from the Evidence to Action (E2A) Project, USAID’s global flagship for strengthening family planning and reproductive health service delivery (2011–2021).

Get insights on the relationship dynamics and gender and social norms that influence young parents’ health and wellbeing, and hear from health providers how couple-focused interventions can be effective in both facility and community settings to meet the sexual and …

The Evidence to Action (E2A) Project, in its work to address the reproductive healthcare needs of girls, women, and underserved communities worldwide, has drawn global attention in recent years to an important subset of youth—first-time parents (FTPs)—defined as young women …

The Evidence to Action (E2A) project has been drawing global attention to an important subset of youth—first-time parents (FTPs)—defined as young women under the age of 25 years who are pregnant with or have one child, and their male partners. …

In 2019, the Evidence to Action (E2A) Project and Pathfinder International Tanzania began a new wave of programming for first-time parents in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem of Tanzania. This work built on a 2018 FTP intervention implemented as part of …

Results from E2A’s follow-up with FTM program participants and their husbands/partners to better understand contraceptive use and method choice at the time of the intervention and in the time since activities concluded.

STUDY BRIEF Understanding why and how first-time parents (FTPs) use family planning is fundamental to designing effective programs that can support young women and men at this time in their reproductive lives. In March 2020, nearly two years after the …

PHASE 2 RESULTS BRIEF In October 2019, the Evidence to Action (E2A) Project and Pathfinder International Burkina Faso began a follow-on wave of first-time parent (FTP) programming in the Eastern and Center North Regions of Burkina Faso—building on the prior …

See eight insights garnered from E2A’s experience designing and implementing programming for first-time parents, highlighting the most important lessons learned across three countries.

In 2018, Evidence to Action (E2A) Project and Pathfinder International Burkina Faso began implementing a new initiative for young first-time parents (FTPs) in the Fada and Diapaga districts in the Eastern Region of Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the Ministry …