A new project led in part by CCP aims to address postpartum depression and obesity by designing support around what mothers say they actually need.
“This work is a reminder that innovation is not always digital or expensive,” says one CCP staff member in Ethiopia. “Sometimes it is a simple visual that catches your eye at the right moment.”
With cannabis legalized for people over 21, more pregnant people and new parents are reporting that they use it. Now that it is legal, new CCP tool helps providers answer questions about whether it is safe.
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.
A CCP-led campaign with the Baltimore City Health Department urges new moms and dads to know if they have syphilis and to seek treatment before the baby comes.
CCP researchers find that changing the relationship between community health workers and caregivers benefits everyone and improves outcomes.
In Ethiopia, many women experience poor maternal and birth outcomes. A new program could double prenatal visits and increase safer delivery.
A ceremony in Nigeria closes one chapter of a social and behavior change movement, led by CCP and Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria, and hands it to the government and community members best suited to ensure these gains are sustained well into the future.
Social and behavior change can encourage early prenatal care and prevention measures, keys in reducing a mother’s risk of malaria.
More than a million Nigerians have played two interactive new games developed by the CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria project since March 2020.
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