What Rural America Can Learn from Global Health
Global experience, including that of CCP, shows how community-driven approaches can help address rural health challenges in the U.S.
Global experience, including that of CCP, shows how community-driven approaches can help address rural health challenges in the U.S.
The number of women using family planning continues to rise even as states “graduate” from CCP-led program.

CCP’s HCD work is a successful model for developing customized solutions based on the specific needs of communities around the world.
Taking social norms into account, a CCP-led program helps women in conservative northern Nigeria get the services – and privacy – they need.
The Challenge Initiative, led by CCP in Nigeria, wants all health facilities, not just public ones, to provide needed services.
“We wanted to … give this huge group of young people an education in tuberculosis – and, in turn, reduce the spread of disease,” says CCP’s Olusola Adeoye.
CCP researchers find that changing the relationship between community health workers and caregivers benefits everyone and improves outcomes.
When rumors surfaced about Nigerians dying of a mysterious illness after crossing the local river, CCP training alleviated fears, and helped people to seek health care again on the other shore.
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.
The CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria project helped local Nigerian communities make key health decisions — and find ways to fund them.
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