The latest issue of Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP), based at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, is rich with articles on a wide variety of topics related to family planning.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic hit the Caribbean in the late ‘70s. By 2001, it had become the second-most affected region in the world with an estimated 420,000 people – more than two percent of the adult population – living with HIV, according to a UNAIDS/WHO
The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health recently opened voting for 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders, their annual event to recognize outstanding young leaders in family planning. This year, we’re excited to announce that eight CCP
We are living in a digital age. Inexpensive technologies and investments in low-cost or open-access platforms, combined with political will and private sector engagement, have unlocked new opportunities to use digital tools to improve health and wellbeing for millions of people. With this in mind,
The third annual Global Digital Health Forum (formerly the Global mHealth Forum) will be held December 13-14 2016 at the Gaylord Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Co-organized by the Global Digital Health Network and the Personal Connected Health Alliance, supported by USAID and other
Last week, along with several other colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), I attended the 17th General Membership Meeting of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) in Seattle, Washington. In addition to collecting interviews for the Family Planning Voices initiative (www.fpvoices.org),
There’s no better way to take the pulse of a movement than to listen to what its youngest leaders have to say. Last week, [CCP-led] K4Health and FP2020’s Family Planning Voices initiative did just that in New York City, when we interviewed the 2016 World
USAID, K4Health and the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) are pleased to launch the Zika Communication Network (ZCN) —a reliable one-stop shop for Zika prevention and preparedness materials. ZCN curates essential, evidence-based tools and resources to help health and development professionals minimize the spread of
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
As the world grows smaller, vigilance against epidemics and emerging diseases is more crucial than ever. Much of the responsibility falls on laboratory scientists, who must continually hone their skills and knowledge in the battle against Ebola, malaria, TB and other deadly illnesses. In Nigeria,
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