SRHR Solutions Evaluation à mi-parcours
The midterm evaluation of the SRHR Solutions Programme 2021–2025, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Burundi, finds that the programme is highly relevant to national priorities and the needs of women of reproductive age and young people, and that it has begun to generate tangible results in terms of increased knowledge, demand for and use of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services.
Implemented through six interlinked components (community, public and private health, education, advocacy and mass communication), the programme has expanded access to SRHR information and services, strengthened the capacities of over 500 public and private health providers, reached large numbers of adolescents and communities through peer education and mass media, and contributed to rising contraceptive prevalence and client satisfaction.
At the same time, the evaluation notes persistent challenges, including socio‑cultural resistance, coordination and management weaknesses, delays in the education component, limited measurement of behavioural change due to missing baselines, and questions around long‑term sustainability.
It recommends developing a more integrated joint programme with stronger internal and external coordination, a clearer gender and youth focus, systematic involvement of government and civil society at all levels, and an explicit exit and sustainability strategy, as well as preparing a future phase that is fully aligned with national SRHR and family planning strategies and better reaches remote and underserved young people.