The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership, founded in 1998, plays a key role in various aspects of malaria control, prevention, and advocacy. We sat down with Matthew Lynch, CCP’s malaria technical director, to talk about how RBM’s transformation over the years reflects the field’s evolving
Nearly half a million people die each year from malaria, a preventable and treatable condition. Bed nets are an accessible, cost-effective and proven method to reduce malaria infection, yet bed net use varies widely between communities. A number of cultural, social, and environmental factors impact
CCP Executive Director Susan Krenn joined HE Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health in Ethiopia, and Ramona El Hamzaoui, Acting Mission Director for USAID Ethiopia, to announce the launch of a multiplatform social and behavior change communication (SBCC) project, Communication for Health, to be based
Will the Americas be the first region to eliminate malaria? This is the question on the table at next week’s commemoration of Malaria Day in the Americas, when the work of the 2015 Malaria Champions of the Americas will be showcased by the Pan-American Health
“Malaria-free is a possibility – It will take a lot of effort from you and me.” In his recently released single Play Your Part, the Nigerian superstar musician 2face Idibia uses the power of music to rally Nigerians around making a malaria-free life a reality
With the launch this week of a VectorWorks website in the run-up to World Malaria Day, the CCP-led project’s bounty of resources and research updates are now readily available in a central archive. The VectorWorks website “introduces the project and what we’re working on and
A mosquito net enters a household through a mass distribution campaign and quickly becomes a prized possession. It is aired out for a day or two, then hung over the bed. A mother and her two children sleep under it. In the morning, mom ties
Worth an estimated $60 million, the USAID/President’s Malaria Initiative award will support countries to strengthen LLIN distribution and proven alternative vector control measures. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) announced a five-year award from the U. S. Agency
For most kids around the world, long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) do not feature prominently on their school supplies list. This is not the case in Tanzania. Students across southern Tanzania have received LLINs as part of the School Net Project, an initiative of the
Two studies published today by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) offer novel findings about motivations for net care and repair in Senegal and Nigeria. The studies, “You need to take care of it like you take care of
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