Successful Caribbean Partnership to Live On
A successful partnership aimed at using knowledge management to unite the response to HIV in the Caribbean will continue even after CCP's K4Health project ends in September.
CCP News
‘Why Don’t We Ask People What They Want?’
A human-centered design process led by CCP helped researchers understand what people in Ghana want in the bed nets they use to prevent malaria. A new study explains how.
Music Video Gives Voice to Family Planning
A music video highlighting a group of musicians from around the world and directed by CCP premiered at Women Deliver this month. The audience loved it so much that they demanded an encore so they could keep dancing.
The Hunger Games: Cooking Competition Promotes Better Nutrition
"We’re using this cooking competition to encourage young people [in Bangladesh] to eat healthier foods and then to influence their families’ nutrition habits," says CCP's Patrick Coleman.
Large Study Finds No Link Between Contraception Methods and HIV
But the high rate of HIV infections, despite gold-standard care in the trial, is a call to action for improved HIV prevention and contraceptive choice for women that addresses social and structural factors influencing behavior.
Using Rapid Research to Prepare for the Next Epidemic
In Cote d'Ivoire, CCP's research is designed to develop messaging that would help prevent the spread of the next outbreak of a zoonotic disease in West Africa – that is, a disease that can be spread from animals to humans.
Defining Quality Health Care in West Africa
A CCP-led research team in West Africa is exploring a new question: If people do travel to the nearest family planning clinic, do they have confidence that they’ll receive quality care?
African Fashion Meets Childhood Nutrition
Four in 10 young children in Zambia are stunted, or too short for their age, primarily the result of malnutrition. CCP developed a portable growth monitoring chart for caregivers to monitor their children and take action, if necessary.
A Journal for East Africans by East Africans
A new health journal in East Africa, created with the help of CCP's K4Health project, has been developed and nurtured and is ready to strike out on its own.
Expecting Better: A Conversation About Maternal Health
CCP's Susan Krenn sits down with model and activist Christy Turlington Burns to discuss the barriers and opportunities she sees in her work with pregnant women and mothers in the U.S. and around the world.