USAID Awards CCP $10 Million to Continue COVID-19 Vaccine Work
The additional money will be for work in 12 countries in Africa and Asia to promote the use of COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic.
The additional money will be for work in 12 countries in Africa and Asia to promote the use of COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic.
The CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria project is using the stage to help spread the word about yellow fever and save lives.
In its evaluation study, Breakthrough ACTION found that exposure to the many layers of the campaign led to shifts in mindsets about sleeping under a mosquito net as a social norm, as well as changes in malaria-prevention behaviors.
To change bed net behaviors in Nigeria, new CCP research suggests it’s vital that communication programs engage on an emotional level.
A new commentary led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs argues that global family planning goals will not be met until there is “a more intentional focus on the science of human behavior.”
COVID-19 prevention campaigns created by CCP in Guatemala have been updated with new messages as the pandemic has evolved since March 2020.
The 36-year-old musician and activist will be one of the keynote speakers at the CCP-organized Summit, which runs from Feb. 25 to 27 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
The meetings, one led by CCP, will bring together social and behavior change practitioners from across the continent to learn from one another.
“A week at the Summit was truly a crash course in the best our field has to offer,” the report states. Organizers are already working to determine the site for a 2020 SBCC Summit.
Four leaders from across the globe, including a pioneer in the field of entertainment-education, will be keynote speakers at the International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit, April 16 to 20 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
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