Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Malaria Programs: Online Course

This course contains fundamental concepts of surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation (SME) as they specifically relate to malaria programs and identify the essential components of SME plans for malaria programs.

Last modified: July 15, 2021

Language: English, French

International COVID-19 Campaigns

World Health Organization and FIFA

Date of Publication: June 29, 2021

Cartographie de l’Influence et de la Collaboration des Acteurs dans la Lutte Contre le Paludisme, la Santé Maternelle, Néonatale, Infantile et l’Utilisation de la Contraception en Guinée

Ce document, élaboré en utilisant l’approche “NetMap”, offre un aperçu des acteurs influents dans la lutte contre le paludisme, la santé maternelle, néonatale et infantile, et l’utilisation de la contraception moderne en Guinée en 2019. Breakthrough ACTION prévoit d’utiliser les résultats de NetMap pour dynamiser le Groupe Technique de Travail (GTT) en Changement Social et de Comportement (CSC) et renforcer la coordination entre les partenaires en CSC en Guinée.


Stakeholder Influence and Collaboration Mapping in Malaria, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health, and Contraceptive Use in Guinea

This document, created using the “NetMap” approach, provides insights into the influencers in malaria prevention, maternal, neonatal, and child health, and contraceptive use in Guinea in 2019. Breakthrough ACTION aims to use the NetMap results to energize the Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Technical Working Group (TWG), fostering improved coordination and collaboration among partners in Guinea’s SBC landscape.

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: June 4, 2021

Mobiliser les Communautés Pour la Lutte Contre le Paludisme

Ce guide vise à former le personnel du projet, les acteurs impliqués dans le projet et les ONG partenaires sur les principes et les pratiques de mobilisation communautaire.

Cette formation a pour objectifs généraux de permettre aux participants de:

  • Développer une compréhension et un engagement eux principes et aux méthodes de mobilisation communautaire (MC) et de développement participatif
  • Elaborer des méthodes et ces compétences pour la facilitation effective du processus de cycle d’action communautaire afin d’aider les communautés participantes à atteindre les objectifs du projet de santé en l’occurrence de la lutte contre le paludisme
  • Examiner l’apprentissage et la facilitation participative
  • Apprendre à évaluer et à renforcer les capacités communautaires pour identifier et prioriser les problèmes (liés au projet de lutte contre le paludisme), planifier et mettre en œuvre des stratégies efficaces pour résoudre ces problèmes, et suivre et évaluer leurs progrès
  • Lancer un plan de MC, à l’aide de bonnes pratiques de MC, de comment entrer/fonctionner dans la “nouvelle” zone d’impact d’une manière qui harmonise à la fois les opérations et les programmes de parrainage
  • Comprendre comment suivre les résultats de mobilisation communautaire, le renforcement des capacités et de l’apprentissage à travers les communautés et au sein des programmes pour améliorer et élargir l’impact

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: May 20, 2021

Go Viral!

GO VIRAL! is a 5-minute game that helps protect the public against COVID-19 misinformation.

The players learn about some of the most common strategies used to spread false and misleading information about the virus. Understanding these tricks allows the public to resist them the next time they come across them online.

Source: Social Decision Making Lab, University of Cambridge

Date of Publication: May 3, 2021

Gender and Health Hub

The Gender and Health Hub is a network of policymakers, researchers, and implementers working at the intersection of gender and global health.

The Hub publishes synthesised policy-relevant evidence and best practices to support gender integration in health programming. Our aim is to bridge the gap between knowledge and action, build a diverse community to share learnings, and catalyse evidence for impact.

The Hub has a Buzzboard which helps users connect with each other over common interests in the field of gender and health.

Last modified: April 7, 2021

Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Gender and Health Hub COVID-19 Buzzboard

The COVID-19 and Gender Buzzboard covers many topics generated by users, and is a collaborative tool for agenda setting and research initiatives.

These topics include:

  • Health knowledge, behavior, and status of those directly and indirectly affected by COVID-19 across the life course i.e., mental health, NCDs, SRHR, including health promotion and prevention interventions.
  • Therapeutic, diagnostic & digital interventions, i.e., COVID-19 biomedical, clinical, biology/immunology research and product development.
  • Health service delivery implications and impacts of COVID-19, including utilization, supply chain, workforce, financing, digital health etc.
  • Social & structural determinants of gender dynamics affecting or impacted by COVID-19, including gender-based, intimate partner violence and sexual harassment, social protection, employment, etc.
  • Governance of COVID-19 health systems, including relationships with non-health multisectoral, private, and political actors for health (feminist movements, civil society, parliamentarians, private-sector etc.).

Last modified: April 7, 2021

Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Manuel d’inspection des animaux et des viandes de boucherie a l’abattoir

Document de mise à niveau des inspecteurs de viande dans les abattoirs pour un meilleur rendement dans le cadre de la secutité des consommateurs.

Source: Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage, Guinea

Date of Publication: March 8, 2021

Innovation Brief: Applying the Human-Centered Design Approach

Youth face many obstacles in accessing contraceptive products and services, often more than married or older individuals. These include, for example, lower access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health services, and provider bias and social norms.

Successfully breaking down these barriers requires a deep understanding of the issues that female and male youth face—and actively involving them in the solutions. Human-centered design (HCD) is one strategy for engaging youth and facilitating best practices in offering contraceptive services.

Evidence suggests that individual and community-level participation and engagement leads to more sustainable and stronger outcomes. The purpose of this brief is to describe how PHARE applied the HCD approach to address demand and access barriers to contraceptive products and services among youth in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Niger.

Source: Population Services International

Date of Publication: March 1, 2021

Innovation Brief: The Importance of Segmentation and Tailoring Messages to Constructively Engage Men and Boys in Voluntary Family Planning

Segmentation is a common approach used by marketers to identify population sub-groups based on common characteristics to identify target audiences.

This approach is also used to tailor interventions and messaging around specific attitudes or behaviors. Transform/PHARE adapted traditional segmentation to prioritize those population segments most likely to change their behaviors and designed interventions tailored to their specific needs, behaviors and attitudes.

In Cote d’Ivoire and Niger, PHARE used segmentation to prioritize target audiences and develop effective FP interventions to increase voluntary FP uptake.

Source: Population Services International

Date of Publication: March 1, 2021