“The global malaria community is at an inflection point,” say authors of a new commentary. A shift in mindset is urgently needed.”
“Anopheles stephensi is a threat to the successes we have made to control and, in some places, eliminate malaria,” says CCP’s April Monroe.
In Malawi, young boys from about 5 to 15 are less likely than their family members to sleep with an insecticide-treated bed net designed to protect them from mosquitoes carrying the parasite that causes malaria.
CCP study finds that starting conversations about malaria could encourage gold miners in Guyana to be promptly tested and treated for the disease.
The findings suggest that explicit messages around proper storage could extend the lifespan of nets and increase protection against malaria.
This post was updated on March 8, 2022 with a new deadline for submissions. After long delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, proposals and abstracts are now being accepted for the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit, scheduled for December 5 to 9
In its evaluation study, Breakthrough ACTION found that exposure to the many layers of the campaign led to shifts in mindsets about sleeping under a mosquito net as a social norm, as well as changes in malaria-prevention behaviors.
While worst-case scenarios haven’t come true, COVID has distracted African health officials who focus on endemic problems, such as malaria.
Ugandans between the ages of 18 and 29 say their access to services such as family planning and maternal and child health has been limited by the pandemic, according to a CCP survey.
Social and behavior change experts are already strategizing about how to communicate the vaccine’s benefits caregivers and health workers.
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