September 26 is World Contraception Day, but we need to be working all year round to increase access to modern contraception for all women who need it, says CCP’s Executive Director Susan Krenn. COVID-19 and other barriers are making this work more difficult.
CCP’s Tina Suliman writes: “The maternal mortality crisis in the United States emphasizes the truth behind this declaration: It is racism, not race, that is killing America’s Black mothers and babies.”
CCP’s Stephanie Desmon sat down with CCP’s Doug Storey, PhD, to talk about creative ways to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) presented its Gold Medallion award on April 25 to Gabrielle Fitzgerald for her role in preventing unnecessary deaths from malaria through her unwavering support of global advocacy for a malaria-free future. Fitzgerald, Director, Global Program
How can Uganda save the 100,000 lives a year that are currently taken by malaria? This is the question that a new national multi-sectoral malaria reduction task force will examine as part of an effort that the Uganda Minister of Finance announced during a recent
On World Malaria Day, CCP’s Voices for a Malaria-Free Future celebrates the success of United Against Malaria (UAM), a diverse team of partners harnessing momentum to end malaria deaths worldwide. We honor champions like Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South African superstar and Roll Back Malaria Goodwill
From January 19 to February 10, all of Africa will be abuzz as 16 national teams compete for the Africa Cup of Nations, the continent’s biggest prize in football. But if United Against Malaria (UAM) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have their way,
The United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign achieved a new level of visibility when President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia offered a ringing endorsement last month. Surprising fans at a football (soccer) game in Monrovia, she received a “Golden Boot,” UAM’s leadership award, for her role
There’s good news on the global malaria front. Despite financial constraints in Washington, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have upheld commitments to malaria control spending in the 2013 fiscal year, passing bills that will continue to fund efforts to save lives. Last
JHU∙CCP’s Voices III: Malaria Powerbrokers project has demonstrated that the private sector is a necessary partner in the fight against malaria. Voices III, a two-year, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded project, seeks to mobilize political and popular support for malaria control with the help of
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