A new CCP-led study sheds light on why parents sometimes delay seeking treatment for children with fevers, a key symptom of malaria.
“It’s wonderful to see how well the investments in malaria … made over the last decade or so are paying off,” says CCP’s Angela Acosta, the malaria technical advisor for the Malaria Behavior Survey.
Social and behavior change can encourage early prenatal care and prevention measures, keys in reducing a mother’s risk of malaria.
New CCP research suggests that broader, more systematic tools are needed to understand factors that influence behavior in low malaria settings.
CCP will support 23 oral and poster presentations at the three-day Roll Back Malaria Social and Behavior Change Working Group, delivering 10 of them and co-authoring 13 more.
When they couldn’t wait any longer, CCP researchers set out to conduct its Malaria Behavior Survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo — with many COVID-19 precautions.
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