CCP Helps Prepare Communities in Africa for New Malaria Vaccine
The Breakthrough ACTION project is working with governments and other agencies in several countries to encourage caregivers to bring their young children for the four-dose vaccine.
The Breakthrough ACTION project is working with governments and other agencies in several countries to encourage caregivers to bring their young children for the four-dose vaccine.
Under the CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION project, more people are learning their HIV status and being treated with highly effective medicines.
CCP will support 23 oral and poster presentations at the three-day Roll Back Malaria Social and Behavior Change Working Group, delivering 10 of them and co-authoring 13 more.
CCP research suggests ways to improve uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine, which was just approved in Côte d’Ivoire for pregnant women in January.
“We are proud to be able to continue serving people around the world who want to be protected from what is still a global pandemic,” says the director of the Breakthrough ACTION project.
To prevent malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, everyone inside the home must use nets every night, throughout the night, most or all of the year.
CCP has developed a new family planning chatbot for young people, co-designed with youth from across nine West African countries.
With the “Monitor My Pregnancy” checklist developed by CCP and others, a program in Cote d’Ivoire helps women attend all pre-natal checkups.
CCP researchers found that many COVID-19 prevention strategies were seen as “anti-social” in Côte d’Ivoire, leading to less adherence. This knowledge has helped reframe COVID-19 messaging in the African nation.
Awareness efforts encouraging more people to seek immediate care for possible rabies exposures seem to be working and dog vaccination is up.
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