Last month marked the completion of the Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP), a six-year initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) that addressed issues around the HIV epidemic, safe motherhood,
Across the developing world, wealthier women are generally more likely than poorer women to use long-acting and permanent methods of contraception than short-acting methods, according to new research published in the March issue of Global Health: Science and Practice. The findings are based on
Two of Nigeria’s most popular pop stars have come together to record a song about family planning. “Get It Together”, featuring Paul ‘P Square’ Okoye and Tiwa Savage, encourages listeners to become “the people wey sabi” (or “cool people”) who know about the importance of
Siri ya Mtungi, a television serial drama produced by CCP’s Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP), is the winner of an AfriComNet Annual Award for Excellence. The AfriComNet awards recognize outstanding contributions made by individuals/organizations to strategic communication for health. Siri ya Mtungi, or Secrets
CCP will have a large presence at the fourth annual International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), held this year in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from January 25-28, 2016. Co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health in partnership with the National
Tanzania Communication and Development Center (TCDC) understands the power of setting a healthy example; at times against the rhythms of a live, message-rich soundtrack. In February, TCDC, a member of CCP’s worldwide network, helped to present a four-day festival where thousands received medical services and
Having too many children is not good. Everyone knows his capacity, and I think it is necessary to limit your childbirth to what your capacity can take you. God will not come down from heaven to help.” —From a CCP interview with a 24-year-old Nigerian
In an article on CNN this week, Susan Krenn, Director of CCP explained the importance of using entertainment education to transmit health messages. “This type of programming [entertainment education] really allows you to use creativity and pull people in for the value of the entertainment,
Men and women across Tanzania equate the Green Star logo with family planning. This is thanks to a decades-long effort that saw the logo launched alongside a family planning campaign in 1993, and reintroduced in 2013. However, despite the success of these Green Star efforts,
“Women take a central stage in this administration,” explained Honorable Taoreed Adeleke, Executive Chairman of the Ibadan South West Local Government Area. “I am also passionate because I have a wife, I have a mother and I know they have benefitted one way or the
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