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.
Personal stories are powerful. They can open new worlds and ideas, move people on issues they’d never considered and, ultimately, change behaviors. The newest tool from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), produced by the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) project, harnesses this
The third annual Global Digital Health Forum (formerly the Global mHealth Forum) will be held December 13-14 2016 at the Gaylord Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Co-organized by the Global Digital Health Network and the Personal Connected Health Alliance, supported by USAID and other
“While the potential [for technology in development] is clear, the success of the thousands of projects that have sprung up using technology to close access gaps is less so. Pilots have failed to move into scalable and sustainable programs. Solutions too often reinvent the wheel rather than
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
Today the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project is pleased to announce the launch of mHealth Knowledge—a portal to K4Health’s resources on mobile health (mHealth). You can now find all of K4Health’s mHealth products in one location. mHealth Knowledge is simple by design—you only need a few minutes
The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) today launched Springboard for Health Communication, an online network that offers a virtual “home” for social and behavior change communication (SBCC) professionals. Springboard is designed to foster the exchange of SBCC knowledge as well as share best practices from
A new case study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) examines efforts to scale up access to and demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMCC) in South Africa. Beginning in February 2012, the Brothers for Life initiative
The NetWorks and HC3 projects are pleased to announce the launch of a new malaria training series. The five-part online series seeks to strengthen capacity on how to use evidence and data to create strong SBCC programs for malaria prevention and control. The training is comprised of five modules,
With the fastest growing mobile industry in the world and 16.6 million new rural mobile phone customers per month, India continues its battle against maternal and infant mortality. India’s most populated state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has among the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in
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