A new project led in part by CCP aims to address postpartum depression and obesity by designing support around what mothers say they actually need.
“It’s about … welcoming different ways for people to share their experiences and ideas,” says CCP’s August Summers. “Our work is strongest when community members actively shape the messages and tools created for their own communities.”
In Somalia, CCP is working with partners to increase acceptance of and access to birth spacing as a way to keep mothers and babies healthy.
With cannabis legalized for people over 21, more pregnant people and new parents are reporting that they use it. Now that it is legal, new CCP tool helps providers answer questions about whether it is safe.
Water Angel, CCP’s Apral Smith-Jefferson says, is a quiet but devastatingly powerful exploration of the Black maternal health crisis. In just 13 minutes, it confronts medical racism, reproductive health inequities, and the consequences of not being believed.
“When couples talk, they better understand one another and behaviors change,” says CCP’s Habtamu Tamene. “And when behaviors change, so do outcomes for mothers and babies.”
Family planning use rose after CCP-led interventions that focused on all members of the family, not just women.
A health hotline created by UNICEF during the war in Ukraine is designed to provide answers about vaccination and breastfeeding concerns.
A new CCP-led evaluation of community-based malaria programs in Côte d’Ivoire shows that women’s groups conducting household visits are an effective, low-cost way to change health behaviors during pregnancy.
A CCP-led campaign with the Baltimore City Health Department urges new moms and dads to know if they have syphilis and to seek treatment before the baby comes.
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