The same phone technology that allows us to “press 1 to make a same-day appointment” can be used to get spouses in Africa to talk to each other about family planning and increase the use of modern contraception.
In the five months since the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs was awarded the five-year, $300-million Breakthrough ACTION project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, seven countries have already signed on to the social and behavioral change project. Along with those seven countries
Across Africa, women are more likely to be tested and treated for HIV and are more likely to stay on treatment than men. Men tend to avoid testing and when they do access care, it is often at a later stage of infection. We see
Every Sunday, men and women across Côte d’Ivoire end the weekend by watching television. On March 16 a new television drama series joined the popular Sunday evening line up: Réseaux (“Networks” in English). Réseaux follows the story of Jean-Yves, a man in his mid-40s who is torn between
All eyes in Africa were on five stadiums in South Africa where, from January 19 through February 10, the top national soccer teams from across the continent were competing for the Africa Cup of Nations. Arouna Koné, a forward on the team from Côte d’Ivoire,
Paul Ban lives in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire with his nine children. As leader in his community, he finds that the many demands on his time pull him away from his family, especially his children. However, this began to change when Mr. Ban’s children invited him
When Grace’s* parents told her that she was old enough to take care of herself, she did not know what do to. As a 17-year old girl living in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, her options were limited. Following the advice of her friends, Grace entered a
The Parent-Child Communication Campaign in Cote d’Ivoire was launched on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, with the first airing of spots on National Television. Each month, until May 8, 2010, 18 billboards will be deployed in Abidjan, Yamoussoukro and Abengourou coupled with the corresponding TV spot
“I was engaged in intergenerational sex, but thanks to African Transformation, I came to understand that it wasn’t good for me, for my life, so I broke off my relationship with this older married man.” (hair dresser, 20 years old, Abengourou) “I learned the real
The Ma Vie Ma Decision! campaign—French for “My Life, My Decision”—commenced August 1, 2007, at a ceremony in Abidjan with young people who helped develop the campaign along with government officials and local NGO personnel. This new youth-driven health promotion campaign incorporates young Ivorians’ language
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