Learnings from this project can be used to more effectively de-medicalize and destigmatize products across the entire HIV continuum of care, as well as other diseases. Focusing on the entire user journey, from end-to-end, can help countries, partners, and donors design more appropriate, relevant, and accessible products and processes that enhance uptake and adoption, leading to better health outcomes. Whenever possible, future projects and programs should seek to incorporate HCD lessons and insights from previous work to improve scale but also ensure that local needs and specific populations are tailored to.
Community updates
What Do You(th) Think? episode 2: Finding your feet as a new human-centred designer
In this conversation Rachael speaks about her experience as a new human-centred designer, how to initiate conversations around ASRH and how collaboration between Community-Based Organisations and Human-Centred Designers is integral to unpacking ASRH solutions to the end user.
Community call summary – Integrating HCD into AYSRH Practice: Lessons from the HCDExchange Fellowship Programme
HCD may appear to be a fuzzy process and the best mind set one should have is to be explorative, curious and open minded. Seek to empathize and understand the real needs. Fall in love with problem – not the solution. Also, experiment continuously through rapid prototyping (test – fail / win – learn – test again). Lastly, collaboration is important. Talking to and involving a broad number of users and stakeholders is important as it allows you to bake-in scalability by making the solution “fit for purpose” to other entities to adopt.
What Do You(th) Think? episode 1: What to do when you encounter misinformation
In this conversation, Miranda shares moments where she’s felt proud of her work in ASRH, what to do in instances where you encounter misinformation and what got her to start working with adolescent girls and young women in the first place