USAID Awards CCP Additional Millions for COVID Vaccine Support
CCP will receive $9.5 million to continue its work promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake and acceptance in Asia and Africa.
CCP will receive $9.5 million to continue its work promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake and acceptance in Asia and Africa.
As the highly contagious variant of COVID-19 has spread across the United States, a significantly higher percentage of Americans have sought testing for the virus, tested positive for the virus and say they are more concerned about getting sick.
The extension from USAID means Breakthrough ACTION, its flagship global social and behavior change project, can continue its critical work in family planning, malaria, COVID-19 and more.
“Developing methods to track, prioritize and respond to harmful rumors is an important step in implementing social and behavior change interventions during public health emergencies,” says CCP’s Natalie Tibbels, MSPH, the lead author of a new journal article.
Given the recent Ebola outbreaks, CCP is reactivating its dormant Ebola Communication Network website, an online collection of resources designed to help contain the deadly disease.
When Guinea identified an Ebola outbreak, within days CCP hit the airwaves with messaging on how Guineans could protect themselves from the disease and highlighting the importance of the Ebola vaccine.
Health officials are concerned that monkeys in Ghana could infect humans with deadly diseases or viruses that may not even exist yet. These fears take on new meaning in COVID-19 era.
Starting today in the United States and 71 other countries, Facebook began displaying a prompt for a new survey to help researchers understand people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices about COVID-19. CCP helped create the survey and will analyze results.
CCP put in place a rumor tracking system in Côte d’Ivoire to aid in future public health crises. When COVID-19 hit, the country was ready to respond.
Breakthrough ACTION’s COVID-19 response is lending its expertise in 22 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, working on everything from setting up rumor tracking systems to developing social media campaigns to preparing messages for telephone hotlines.
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