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‘I Will Be One of the Examples’

CCP’s Breakthrough ACTION Liberia project has created health clubs for adolescent boys and girls designed to reduce the high teen pregnancy rate there.

Black Maternal Mortality: ‘It is Racism, not Race’

CCP’s Tina Suliman writes: “The maternal mortality crisis in the United States emphasizes the truth behind this declaration: It is racism, not race, that is killing America’s Black mothers and babies.”

New CCP Study Links Harmful Gender Norms to Pre-Term Births

Most studies of pre-term birth – the leading cause of infant mortality around the world – have focused on complications that occur in health facilities in the high-income countries. A unique new study conducted by CCP looks at risk factors that start long before delivery.

How to Conduct Research in the Middle of a Pandemic

When they couldn’t wait any longer, CCP researchers set out to conduct its Malaria Behavior Survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo — with many COVID-19 precautions.

CCP Launches New Website Dedicated to the Planet

The new People-Planet Connection site, created by the CCP-led Knowledge SUCCESS project, brings people together to address the complex relationships between people’s health and the environment.

CCP Relaunches Ebola Communication Network

Given the recent Ebola outbreaks, CCP is reactivating its dormant Ebola Communication Network website, an online collection of resources designed to help contain the deadly disease.

CCP Awarded Nearly $6.5 Million to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded nearly $6.5 million to the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs to promote the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines across 13 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

CCP Program Changing Health Behaviors in DRC

A survey of people living in rural Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) found that more men appear to be accompanying their pregnant wives to prenatal care appointments since a CCP health campaign launched in 2020.

Beyond Bed Nets: Study Shows Consumers in Kenya Shopping for Alternative Mosquito Products

“What we found is that consumers are clearly looking for and purchasing mosquito control products that are easy to use, can be used indoors and outdoors and provide protection outside of sleeping hours,” says CCP’s Danielle Piccinini Black.

‘Check Am O!’ Campaign Works to Tackle Tuberculosis in Nigeria

For World Tuberculosis Day, CCP’s Kanika Campbell talks with two leaders of a CCP-led campaign designed to help identify and treat more TB cases in Nigeria, which has the highest prevalence of the disease in Africa.

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‘I Will Be One of the Examples’

Black Maternal Mortality: ‘It is Racism, not Race’

New CCP Study Links Harmful Gender Norms to Pre-Term Births

How to Conduct Research in the Middle of a Pandemic

CCP Launches New Website Dedicated to the Planet

CCP Relaunches Ebola Communication Network

CCP Awarded Nearly $6.5 Million to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines

CCP Program Changing Health Behaviors in DRC

Beyond Bed Nets: Study Shows Consumers in Kenya Shopping for Alternative Mosquito Products

‘Check Am O!’ Campaign Works to Tackle Tuberculosis in Nigeria

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