A CCP-led safe motherhood pilot program in Mali was so successful – doubling the number of facility-based births over a short time period – that it’s already being expanded to 38 more villages.
“There’s a need for new tools to complement what’s already available and to protect people during times, and in settings, where people are at risk but net use is not feasible,” says CCP’s April Monroe, who is part of the $33.7 million grant from Unitaid.
Couples in Mali who spoke to one another about family planning were not only more likely to use modern contraception, but to adopt other healthy behaviors.
Each woman in Mali gives birth to an average of six children. And talk of sex, let alone family planning, is considered taboo here.
Despite these obstacles, last year CCP and its partners in the USAID-funded Keneya Jemu Kan (KJK) project sold 14.9 million condoms, 50 percent more than they anticipated.
CCP Receives $35-Million Grant to Strengthen Household Health Care Practices in Mali The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (CCP) was awarded a five-year grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s mission in Mali to conduct social and
Traditionally a married couple remembers the details of their wedding day for life. In Mali, the district malaria advocacy teams known as Comités de Veille, or Community Watch Committees (CWCs), understand this way of thinking. Mayors, who act as members of the CWC, realize the
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