The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs-led Breakthrough ACTION-Guatemala project is working with five private sector companies with one goal in mind: To help rural mothers and grandmothers improve the health of their children. The companies – which sell chicken, chlorine cleaning products, fortified sugar,
The center will lead the social and behavior change components of the five-year, $105.7 million project in the Democratic Republic of Congo led by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).
Using the dashboard, community leaders in Guatemala can pinpoint any number of pressing health problems and take steps toward solving them. Next year, the dashboard will be given to the government to ensure sustainability.
The goal is to create ways to encourage pregnant women to take their pills in order to determine which regimen offers best outcomes for babies.
The World Bank has awarded $500,000 to CCP, with the goal of creating programs to reduce malnutrition, stunting and other health issues in the DRC.
CCP is working with the Bernard van Leer Foundation to help develop the best way to communicate to parents the vital importance of a child’s first three years.
CCP has helped plant the seeds of an online meat-reduction community, creating a web platform designed to bring together like-minded organizations around the globe to discuss challenges and opportunities.
“We’re using this cooking competition to encourage young people [in Bangladesh] to eat healthier foods and then to influence their families’ nutrition habits,” says CCP’s Patrick Coleman.
Four in 10 young children in Zambia are stunted, or too short for their age, primarily the result of malnutrition. CCP developed a portable growth monitoring chart for caregivers to monitor their children and take action, if necessary.
The big question is this: How can we make the radical change necessary to save mothers and their babies in Northern Nigeria? CCP is taking a deep dive to look for answers.
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