CCP to Help Improve Access to Family Planning in the Philippines
The new five-year USAID-funded program – called ReachHealth – is designed to help communities in the Pacific nation reduce unmet needs for family planning and decrease teen pregnancy rates.
Study: Religious Leaders’ Support May Be Key to Modern Contraception Use
Women in Nigeria whose clerics extol the benefits of family planning were significantly more likely to adopt modern contraceptive methods, new research suggests, highlighting the importance of engaging religious leaders to help increase the country’s stubbornly low uptake of family planning services.
Journal Issue Devoted to 2018 SBCC Summit
In the words of the editor, the issue “attempts to capture the excitement and dynamism of the Summit, while presenting some of the evidence and lessons learned in SBCC and E-E that were shared at the Summit.” CCP was the lead organizer of the event.
Not a Safe Drop to Drink
Without clean water and proper sanitation, many Zambian fishermen and their families are at serious risk for cholera. A joint research study supported by CCP aims to find better ways to protect them.
CCP Launches Health Website for Indonesian Youth
Indonesian adolescents have few places to turn for quality information about sexual and reproductive health. A new website aims to address that.
CCP Turns 30!
CCP staff members share some of their memories of working at the leader in social and behavior change and tell us what inspires them to do what they do.
Now is the Time to Focus on NCDs
As the United Nations holds a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases, Susan Krenn talks of the need to focus on diseases caused by lifestyle choices, which CCP's approaches are particularly well-suited to tackle.
Using Real-Time Results to Get the Right People Tested for HIV
“It’s quick and it’s easy. It reduces work for health workers and improves the client’s experience at the same time,” says CCP's Thomas Ofem. “It’s making decisions in real time and getting results.”
Museum Adds Mosquito Emoji to its Collection
The Victoria and Albert Museum's “rapid response collecting” program has been acquiring contemporary objects since 2014. The emoji, championed by CCP, joins a host of other items that "reveal truths about how we live."
CCP Begins HIV Self-Testing in Côte d’Ivoire
“Many men are not going into the health centers. Somehow you need to bring the test to them,” says CCP's Danielle Naugle. “We need to make it as easy as possible for them to be tested."