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Helping Parents Talk to their Teens About Sex
September 20, 2021

Facing a teen pregnancy crisis in the Philippines, CCP and partners have launched a social media campaign for parents of teens to help them talk about love, sex and relationships.

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Making Vaccines the New Social Norm
March 18, 2021

In a commentary published in Global Health Now, CCP’s Susan Krenn talks about the need to quickly improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and the dire consequences of failing to do so.

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Vasectomy Underused as Family Planning Method
March 15, 2021

Vasectomy is a safe and cost-effective family planning option, but accounts for just 1.2 percent of contraceptive use in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new advocacy document created by CCP.

Digital Counseling App Helps Women Make Better Family Planning Choices
March 8, 2021

Family planning clients in Indonesia who were counseled about contraception using a tablet-based application were far more likely to still be using that new method a year later, new CCP research suggests.

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Getting COVID-19 Messages the Last Mile
March 3, 2021

In rural Ghana, places where there aren’t even radio signals, CCP relies on people whose homes are outfitted with loudspeakers and microphones to share COVID-19 messages with the community.

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CCP Resource Aims to Help Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
February 23, 2021

The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs just released a “Trending Topic” to help address vaccine hesitancy, which in 2019 the World Health Organization declared one of the top 10 threats to public health. Vaccines are a critical piece toward ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Falling Globally, in U.S.
February 22, 2021

The percentage of people globally who say they will get a COVID-19 vaccine has fallen in recent weeks, even as tens of millions of doses have been administered around the world, new survey data disseminated by CCP suggests. 

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Reducing Teen Pregnancy in Zambia
February 15, 2021

Teen pregnancy is a huge issue in Zambia. Breakthrough ACTION is working to help adolescents access modern contraception and to improve their trust in health care providers.

COVID-19
Stigma Related to COVID-19 May Thwart Prevention Efforts
February 8, 2021

Ivorians interviewed in late 2020 say the threat of becoming sick from COVID-19 is low or gone entirely and they mock the need for masks. This concerns public health officials worried about a new wave of disease.

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CCP Featured at Virtual Family Planning Forum
February 1, 2021

Several from CCP will help moderate the virtual #NotWithoutFP Forum, which will focus on universal health coverage for family planning and the impact of COVID-19 on the sexual and reproductive health community.

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CCP Launches Competition for Family Planning Innovation
January 25, 2021

CCP has launched The Pitch, a global competition to find and fund innovative knowledge management ideas for family planning. Deadline is Feb. 4.

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How to Convince the COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant  
January 21, 2021

New data show that 62 percent of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine. That’s not nearly enough to stop the spread of the disease. Public health officials should focus communication efforts on the roughly 20 percent on the fence.

Four Countries, 12 COVID-19 Tests and 119 Days
January 19, 2021

CCP’s Anna McCartney-Melstad’s move from Africa to Fiji turned into an unimaginable odyssey thanks to COVID-19. The trip took four months, a dozen COVID tests and quarantine under armed guard.

Project Spotlight

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CCP Joins New $40 Million Safe Surgery Project

The global project is designed to promote awareness of, and equitable access to, safe surgery for women. The project will team up with local partners to improve childbirth outcomes and better meet people’s voluntary family planning needs.

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