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.
In the Philippines, CCP has created a Twitter account to build connections by having people share bite-sized stories about how they are coping during these unprecedented times caused by the pandemic.
In creating COVID-19-related messages and programming around the world, the global health community must make sure to focus specifically on the needs of men as well as women, a new commentary from CCP and other experts suggests.
CCP is tackling the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by using technology creatively to both develop and spread important social and behavior change messages.
USAID has awarded nearly $10 million to the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs to help 18 countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through risk communication and community engagement activities.
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