“This guidance helps ensure that social and behavioral research is not an afterthought but a core pillar of outbreak response,” says CCP senior program officer Alex Jackson.
Community outreach, multimedia campaigns and call-in radio shows to stave off mpox have resumed in DRC, after USAID granted a waiver to CCP.
A CCP-led campaign to promote COVID-19 and routine vaccinations in several African countries earlier this year has won a Silver Anthem Award.
A CCP-led campaign used art and science to help people in Sierra Leone reduce their risk of rabies, by minimizing interactions with potentially dangerous dogs.
The Baltimore City Health Department has awarded CCP $225,000 to encourage testing and treating for the potentially deadly infection.
When rumors surfaced about Nigerians dying of a mysterious illness after crossing the local river, CCP training alleviated fears, and helped people to seek health care again on the other shore.
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.
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