The tactics seem to be working: In April, the Juma community registered 44 cases of malaria. In June, there were only 15.
The Fighting Malaria with Social and Behavior Change project is designed strengthen the skills of Mozambicans to promote healthy behaviors.
A CCP initiative is helping inform community broadcasters who share health information with their listeners.
“The global malaria community is at an inflection point,” say authors of a new commentary. A shift in mindset is urgently needed.”
“Anopheles stephensi is a threat to the successes we have made to control and, in some places, eliminate malaria,” says CCP’s April Monroe.
In Malawi, young boys from about 5 to 15 are less likely than their family members to sleep with an insecticide-treated bed net designed to protect them from mosquitoes carrying the parasite that causes malaria.
CCP study finds that starting conversations about malaria could encourage gold miners in Guyana to be promptly tested and treated for the disease.
The findings suggest that explicit messages around proper storage could extend the lifespan of nets and increase protection against malaria.
Our work this year spanned many topics and approaches – from COVID vaccine acceptance and family planning to malaria and social norms. Here’s a round up of CCP’s biggest blog posts of 2021.
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.
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