Mothers and expectant women across Tanzania have a reason to celebrate this Mother’s Day. Their pregnancies are healthier and they are more prepared for birth in recent months. The reason? The Wazazi Nipendeni campaign. Wazazi Nipendeni (“Love me, parents”) is an ongoing national campaign that
On February 20, 2014, three feature films with a focus on HIV prevention and treatment premiered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The films were produced through the Swahiliwood Feature Films Project, a collaborative partnership between CCP’s Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP) and Tanzanian filmmakers,
The Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP) is the recipient of the “Mobile Health at Scale” award. This award was given by the USAID/Tanzania Health Team at an end-of-year partners meeting on December 11, 2013. TCCP received the award for its groundbreaking work on the
The revitalized Green Star family planning campaign launched in October during Tanzania’s National Family Planning Conference in Dar es Salaam. Vice President of Tanzania Dr. Mohammed Gharib Bilal unveiled the campaign saying, “I believe that this campaign will accelerate efforts to accessing correct information on
Nafisa was confronted with a problem faced by many educated young adults in urban Tanzania. Despite her college degree, she was unable to find employment due to scarce opportunities, a weak economy and inexperience. “It was so depressing,” recalls Nafisa. “I had the educational qualifications
The second phase of the innovative concurrent partnerships reduction campaign in Tanzania – Tuko wangapi? Tulizana (How many are we? Settle down) – launched amidst great excitement in early September. “Concurrent partnership behavior is a challenge in our country, and it is a behavior that
“Tanzanian girls need access to both education and contraception if they want a better future than that of their mothers,” argued Halima Shariff in an opinion editorial she co-authored earlier this month with Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO of Population Action International. Shariff is the
New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communications Program (JHU∙CCP) NetWorks project examines how changes in perceived risk of contracting malaria influence long-lasting insecticidal bed net (LLIN) use in Bukoba and Zanzibar, two regions of Tanzania. The findings are
A recent publication by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) researcher shares findings on Long Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) coverage in Tanzania. The study, published in the Malaria Journal, describe the process of creating and evaluating potential channels
A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) reveals that the Fataki campaign influenced Tanzanians to take responsibility for preventing cross-generational sex (CGS) in their communities. The article is published in AIDS and Behavior.
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