How CCP Helped Advance a New Malaria Prevention Tool
Research from the AEGIS consortium helped shape how spatial repellents could be used, understood and adopted in real-world settings.
Research from the AEGIS consortium helped shape how spatial repellents could be used, understood and adopted in real-world settings.
Global experience, including that of CCP, shows how community-driven approaches can help address rural health challenges in the U.S.

On World Malaria Day, CCP’s Executive Director Debora Freitas López notes that over the past two decades, global efforts have saved millions of lives through prevention, testing, and treatment. But cuts to foreign aid are troubling. “We need to stay focused and keep pushing forward,” she says.
A study led by CCP found that health providers in the DRC often continue to treat fevers as malaria even when the rapid test is negative.

New research from northern Uganda highlights how communities address malaria prevention needs, even amid the challenges of displacement.
A new CCP-led study sheds light on why parents sometimes delay seeking treatment for children with fevers, a key symptom of malaria.
The rise of an invasive mosquito species is forcing experts to rethink how human behavior and community trust shape disease control.
A new CCP-led evaluation of community-based malaria programs in Côte d’Ivoire shows that women’s groups conducting household visits are an effective, low-cost way to change health behaviors during pregnancy.
CCP steered social science research for the five-year project, which is led by the University of Notre Dame, to help build evidence base for repellent recommendation.

CCP research finds that Tanzanians can only buy untreated nets, which are less effective at malaria prevention than treated ones.
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