The CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION project is working in Mali and the DRC to ensure people with disabilities can receive key, life-saving information in an emergency.
A new, more infectious strain of mpox is infecting 1,000 people in DRC a week. CCP is hoping to help slow the spread.
“The health benefit of avoiding possible disease in the future might not outweigh the more urgent need to provide nutrition to their family,” says CCP’s Tilly Gurman.
During COVID-19 pandemic, CCP led a social media campaign in Malawi using influencers to share messages about vaccination. Results were mixed.
New CCP research suggests that treating the COVID-19 vaccine differently than other routine vaccines may have contributed to vaccine doubts and low uptake rates.
As we look forward to 2024, CCP takes a look back at some of its most interesting stories from the past year.
“It is amazing how evidence-based, community-centered social and behavior change interventions have changed TB case finding in Nigeria,” says Bolatito Aiyenigba, deputy project director for Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria.
“In emergencies, people must have the information that they need in a way that they can understand it and is motivational to them,” says CCP’s Natalie Tibbels, who is leading the effort.
The people of Uganda were locked down during COVID. Now, an Ebola outbreak means another public health crisis to worry about.
This marks the first time CCP has received special funds to address monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern.
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