In CCP Pilot, Men’s Support Means Healthier Babies in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, many women experience poor maternal and birth outcomes. A new program could double prenatal visits and increase safer delivery.
In Ethiopia, many women experience poor maternal and birth outcomes. A new program could double prenatal visits and increase safer delivery.
Working with the Mastercard Foundation, CCP is part of a five-year, $48-million project to prepare young Ethiopians for meaningful work.
A simplified version of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) may help postpartum Ethiopian women become better equipped to adopt family planning.
While couple communication is a key to uptake of modern contraception in Ethiopia, researchers say such communication is hindered by gender norms that ultimately let the man be the primary decision maker.
CCP is part of a new five-year, $60 million, USAID-funded Integrated Youth Activities (IYA) project led by Amref Health Africa to help empower young people in Ethiopia with the knowledge and skills they need to live successful lives.
In Ethiopia, there are more than 1.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). CCP set out to help some of them understand the dangers of COVID-19 and gender-based violence. But first, the IDPs had bigger concerns such as food, water and shelter.
Most studies of pre-term birth – the leading cause of infant mortality around the world – have focused on complications that occur in health facilities in the high-income countries. A unique new study conducted by CCP looks at risk factors that start long before delivery.
CCP, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia, is leading week-long media trainings throughout the country designed to empower and educate journalists in advance of national elections in mid-2021.
CCP has been turning market days into malaria education days in several regions of Ethiopia, bringing its “malaria roadshow” into town to spread the word about malaria prevention and treatment.
“Many rural women in Ethiopia aren’t open to modern family planning until they have more than four children,” says CCP’s Habtamu Tamene.
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