Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): A manual to facilitate the process of developing national adolescent health strategies and plans

Overview

The purpose of this manual is to assist countries in planning, organizing and facilitating the process of developing national comprehensive multisectoral adolescent health strategies and plans aligned with the AA-HA! guidance. The manual describes an approach that was tested in several countries but is not intended to be prescriptive as processes should be adapted to suit the needs of the country or programmes where the approach is being used. For example, the first national AA-HA! workshop in Sudan was held over 3 days, while in Haiti it was held over 4 days. In addition, the team in Haiti organized subregional orientation workshops with district authorities prior the national workshop. More examples of such variations are provided in this manual.