After each clinic makeover, the use of modern family planning services there increased significantly. Renovating the environment makes it more appealing, cleaner and motivates clients to seek care at the facility.
Sometimes communication is all we have to effectively respond in real time to emergency health threats such as the Nipah virus in India, writes CCP's Executive Director Susan Krenn.
Over the course of five years, the CCP-led Health Communication Component developed a suite of tools to support front line health workers, led numerous trainings with community outreach and contributed thought leadership in the area of community health. Overall, HCC touched the lives of more than two million people residing in Sindh province.
In the 10 months since the current Rohingya crisis began, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs has been one of the organizations working to help the Rohingya people stay healthy.
Experts, including some from CCP, came together for Mission Mosquito, a global health security and public communication forum hosted by the U.S. Department of State, which sought to address how innovative health communication approaches and partnerships can help improve responses to mosquito-borne diseases.
A CCP staffer reflects on her experiences working in Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, when more than 11,000 people in three countries ultimately died.
Men in Cote d'Ivoire aren't being tested for HIV because they are afraid of what the impact of a positive result would be on not only their health, but their family, work, social status and sexuality. But being tested is the only way to get treated -- and reduce the risk of the spread of the virus.
“If there is one thing we hope you take away from today, it is that stories are a powerful way to share knowledge, and research shows they evoke empathy, create trust and lead to action,” said CCP's Tara Sullivan.
The annual contest, recognizing the best in global health and development photography for more than a decade, is underway. Entry deadline is June 5.
Yekee, a longtime CCP staffer in Liberia, was beloved by her colleagues. “She was magnetic," one recalled. "She had a knack for bringing people together."