Since CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION began a COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign in Nigeria, vaccination rates have increased by 75 percent.
Not all fevers are malaria, but CCP interventions in Nigeria aim to get everyone with a fever tested and treated, and to look deeper into cases of those with negative tests.
“We are proud to be able to continue serving people around the world who want to be protected from what is still a global pandemic,” says the director of the Breakthrough ACTION project.
“The mechanism works,” says CCP’s Victor Igharo, who leads The Challenge Initiative in Nigeria, to enable donor and government involvement.
This marks the first time CCP has received special funds to address monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern.
Successful CCP-led project dramatically increased the number of TB cases identified in Nigeria, even as other nations fell behind during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With Lassa fever cases rising in Nigeria, CCP is helping communities recognize its signs and find immediate care for those who get sick.
A CCP initiative is helping inform community broadcasters who share health information with their listeners.
When rains kept women from pre-natal visits and delivering their babies at the health clinic, CCP worked with local authorities who gathered resources to build a bridge over the flooding.
CCP will receive $9.5 million to continue its work promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake and acceptance in Asia and Africa.
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