What Drives Contraceptive Use Among Young Urban Ethiopian Women
CCP research finds that radio exposure, knowledge about contraceptives, and family size are strongest factors influencing use of modern family planning methods.
CCP research finds that radio exposure, knowledge about contraceptives, and family size are strongest factors influencing use of modern family planning methods.
New CCP-led research suggests that simply asking pregnant women if they took their vitamins is a practical solution to understanding whether they are following recommendations, one that balances scientific rigor with the realities of limited resources.
CCP researchers find that changing the relationship between community health workers and caregivers benefits everyone and improves outcomes.
In a new book chapter, CCP’s Suruchi Sood writes that climate change needs to be repositioned from a future catastrophe to an urgent one. Entertainment-education can help.
A new report outlines the key considerations for countries conducting DHS Program surveys that seek to better understand individuals with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics.
The five-year award allows CCP to continue its work on the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, led by ICF International, considered the “gold standard” of survey programs.
“The health benefit of avoiding possible disease in the future might not outweigh the more urgent need to provide nutrition to their family,” says CCP’s Tilly Gurman.
Social and behavior change can encourage early prenatal care and prevention measures, keys in reducing a mother’s risk of malaria.

New CCP research is meant to better understand what is behind the harmful practices of child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) in Uganda.
The It’s OK to Delay campaign, informed by data from the Demographic and Health Surveys Program, has reached more than 19 million people since its launch in 2021.
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