Study: Fear Keeps Men from HIV Testing
The primary barrier to getting men in Cote d’Ivoire tested for HIV is fear – fear not of the disease itself, but of the social and economic consequences that a positive diagnosis could bring, new CCP research suggests.
Remembering Elijah Cummings, 1951-2019
Elizabeth Serlemitsos reflects on a visit the late congressman made to a CCP project in Zambia more than 20 years ago on World AIDS Day.
What’s on the Menu? Less Meat
CCP has helped plant the seeds of an online meat-reduction community, creating a web platform designed to bring together like-minded organizations around the globe to discuss challenges and opportunities.
CCP Boosts SBCC Skills Across French-Speaking Africa
Since May, CCP has conducted four two-week leadership workshops in French-speaking countries (Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Madagascar and Niger), training 155 participants thus far. Another session is scheduled for Cameroon in December.
Prioritizing Behavioral Messages During the Zika Crisis
“With so many behaviors being recommended, and potentially contradictory messages being promoted, there was a fear of confusion in the general public,” CCP's Alice Payne Merritt recalls from the early days of Zika.
‘Everyone Has the Power of Our Own Voice’
For World Contraception Day, Tlaleng Mofokeng, a doctor and activist in South Africa, and CCP's Susan Krenn had a lively discussion of sexual and reproductive health, taboos and leadership.
CCP’s VectorWorks Project Comes to a Close after Five Years
Over the past five years, CCP has helped deliver 55 million insecticide-treated bed nets, initiated a game-changing new way to distribute them more efficiently and fundamentally altered the way that experts look at mosquito net access and use.
CCP Song Featured in London Museum
“We’re really interested in the value of songs as a communications tool," says Clare Barlow, curator of a new exhibit at the Wellcome Collection. CCP's is included along with nine other songs about infectious diseases.
‘Hackathon’ Aims to Reduce Stigma About Opioid Use
The goal of the hackathon: To quickly brainstorm ideas for how to reduce the stigma of addiction, in this case among doctors and nurses and others in the health care system.
2020 SBCC Summit Accepting Proposals/Abstracts
Registration is also open for the 2020 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit to be held March 30 to April 3 in Marrakesh, Morocco.