‘On a Journey to Change the Face of TB in Nigeria’
An extensive tuberculosis (TB) campaign led by CCP has contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of TB cases identified and treated.
An extensive tuberculosis (TB) campaign led by CCP has contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of TB cases identified and treated.
“It is amazing how evidence-based, community-centered social and behavior change interventions have changed TB case finding in Nigeria,” says Bolatito Aiyenigba, deputy project director for Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria.
A new social mobilization approach, led by The Challenge Initiative, has significantly increased the number of women receiving family planning services in health facilities.
CCP’s Breakthrough ACTION project has helped local governments develop a network of volunteer drivers to help moms and babies get treatment when transportation is too costly.
Since CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION began a COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign in Nigeria, vaccination rates have increased by 75 percent.
Breakthrough ACTION-Liberia played a lead role in agenda setting for the symposium, and organized two sessions on community engagement.
“The mechanism works,” says CCP’s Victor Igharo, who leads The Challenge Initiative in Nigeria, to enable donor and government involvement.
Successful CCP-led project dramatically increased the number of TB cases identified in Nigeria, even as other nations fell behind during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With Lassa fever cases rising in Nigeria, CCP is helping communities recognize its signs and find immediate care for those who get sick.
A CCP initiative is helping inform community broadcasters who share health information with their listeners.
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