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  • Practice Area

    Youth

    There are more than 1.5 billion young people ages 12–24 in the world today, and their hopes are the challenges of human development.
  • Feature

    DREAMS Innovation Challenge inspires girls to dream big

    The DREAMS Innovation Challenge inspires one young woman in Malawi to pursue her education and dream about a future as an engineer.
  • Published research

    High prevalence of HIV drug resistance among newly diagnosed infants aged <18 months: Results from a nationwide surveillance in Nigeria

    The study found a high prevalence of pretreatment HIV drug resistance, predominantly nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimen (NNRTI) associated, among HIV-infected children (less than 18 months) in Nigeria. The findings support using a non-NNRTI regimen in children less than 3 years of age as a preferred first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen, as recommended by the World Health Organization. Child-friendly, fixed-dose, combination co-formulated drugs need to be widely available in the country.
  • Feature

    Skills training prepared Kenyan youth for rewarding careers

    In Kenya, nearly 19 percent of the population is 15 to 24 years of age, and the unemployment rate for this age group is more than 22 percent.
  • Publication

    Measuring Soft Skills and Life Skills in International Youth Development Programs: A Review and Inventory of Tools

    YouthPower Action’s review of soft skill measurement tools and inventory describes characteristics useful to international youth development programs seeking to assess participants’ soft skills.
  • News

    YouthPower Action releases report on soft skills and youth success

    The report, on key soft skills that can benefit youth in areas such as work and careers, violence prevention, and sexual and reproductive health, reviews current research to assess which skills practitioners should incorporate into their programs.
  • Project

    USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone

    USAID Boresha Afya Southern Zone works to control the HIV epidemic and integrate family planning; tuberculosis; maternal, newborn and child health; malaria; and nutrition services, focusing on women and youth. 
  • Feature

    Positive youth development program helps orphaned youth return to school and family life

    Lucas Joaquim is a 14-year-old boy from the Búzi District of Sofala Province who became an orphan in 2014, when he was 12. He went to live with his grandmother but soon after dropped out of the 4th grade and lived on the street. Lucas Joaquim...
  • Feature

    Restoring lost hope: Training course options for orphans and vulnerable children

    “I don’t have the words to thank Pamoja Tuwalee for making my dream come true,” says Omari about the Pamoja Tuwalee project in Tanzania. “Now I am an independent man supporting my family.”
  • Publication

    Linking the Village to the Child

    Community members play an expanding role in the support of vulnerable children in Ethiopia.  FHI 360’s coordination of care activities strengthen their ability to make linkages to service providers that bring shelter, food, education,...