Does the saying “a rising tide lifts all boats” apply when it comes to health? This has been a key question in SBCC program design. For years, public health professionals believed that programs designed for the general population would equally benefit marginalized or disadvantaged groups,
Will the Americas be the first region to eliminate malaria? This is the question on the table at next week’s commemoration of Malaria Day in the Americas, when the work of the 2015 Malaria Champions of the Americas will be showcased by the Pan-American Health
Siri ya Mtungi, a television serial drama produced by CCP’s Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP), is the winner of an AfriComNet Annual Award for Excellence. The AfriComNet awards recognize outstanding contributions made by individuals/organizations to strategic communication for health. Siri ya Mtungi, or Secrets
Dr. Tilly Gurman, who serves as research director for the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3), was interviewed by NPR’s Goats and Soda blog on the importance of hashtags in global health campaigns. Gurman has published research on the use of social networking sites in health
CCP will have a large presence at the fourth annual International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), held this year in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from January 25-28, 2016. Co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health in partnership with the National
Today’s abstract deadline for the first International SBCC Summit resulted in high traffic to our submission website, causing some to be unable to log in and upload their documents. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s patience. Because of this technical glitch, the abstract submission deadline has
Wazazi Nipendeni, a health communication campaign implemented by CCP in Tanzania, recently garnered global and regional media attention for the launch of its second phase. Wazazi Nipendeni, or “Love Me, Parents,” was originally launched in 2012 to encourage pregnant women and their partners to take
The inaugural International SBCC Summit 2016 to be held February 8-10 will bring together the global community of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) organizations, professionals and researchers to advance the practice of SBCC in health. It will offer talks from SBCC field practitioners; a
CCP’s Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project is guided by the belief that knowledge saves lives. That’s why the knowledge managers at K4Health work hard to collect and curate essential knowledge and then connect health program managers, service providers, and decision makers to it so they
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