Message Harmonization Fact Sheet

This brief summarizes how health messages were harmonized in the Ethiopia Communication for Health project. It is a tool that was used to help health providers, program implementers, media professionals, and other stakeholders to effectively communicate with their audiences for a better public health outcome.

Source: Communication for Health Ethiopia

Date of Publication: February 6, 2020

Religious Leaders Engagement – Pocket Guide

This is a pocket guide for religious leaders, to serve as reference when they discuss health issues with their congregations. As they deliver guidance to their followers/congregations, this guide provides them with key messages mainly on maternal and child health, child feeding practices, sanitation and hygiene, and malaria.

Source: Communication for Health Ethiopia

Date of Publication: February 6, 2020

School Health Promotion Fact Sheet

This one page document provides a summary on the Communication for Health school health intervention which operated by strengthening school clubs and providing support in conducting and celebrating school health days.

Source: Communication for Health Ethiopia

Date of Publication: February 6, 2020

FP Method Comparative Effectiveness Flex and Guideline

The Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP-I) was a six-year (2002-2007) bilateral activity of United States Agency for International Development, Nepal (USAID/N) with the Government of Nepal. Its overall goal was to support the Government’s long-term goal of reducing fertility and under-five mortality within the context of the National Health Policy and Second Long-Term Health Plan 1997-2017.

This client-focused job aid/wallchart on Comparative Effectiveness of Family Planning Contraceptive Methods and its accompanying use guideline were produced and disseminated in all Core Program District (CPDs) health facilities of NFHP. They were used by community health workers during FP counseling and service to make their work more effective.

In the chart, all the contraceptive method pictures are indicated based on its effectiveness and included are some important reminders for the counselor to relay to the clients during the session. The wall chart to be hanged or posted on the wall where community health worker can easily see it and ute it during FP counseling.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: December 11, 2019

Discussion Posters

The Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP-I) was a six-year (2002-2007) bilateral activity of United States Agency for International Development, Nepal (USAID/N) with the Government of Nepal. Its overall goal was to support the Government’s long-term goal of reducing fertility and under-five mortality within the context of the National Health Policy and Second Long-Term Health Plan 1997-2017.

Under the Group Health Education and Communication Program, a set of discussion posters was developed, corresponding with the modules messages on maternal and neo-natal health, child health and family planning. These were used by the facilitators (FCHVs) as a topic and message guide while conducting their regular mother’s group and monthly group meetings. The materials were also used by other rural group facilitators who conduct health education session as a part of their work.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: December 11, 2019

Dialog Frameworks for PBC Officers

This is an interactive malaria messaging guide for providers to use when counseling clients about various malaria issues. It was created as part of a wider Provider Behavior Change project.

The messaging covers:

  • Methods for Diagnosis
  • Quality Assurance for mRDT
  • Finding the Correct Ailment

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: December 11, 2019

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Male Engagement in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)

This job aid was developed in Nigeria to provide information on how men can participate in their family’s health and support their wives/partners during various phases of pregnancy, labor, and infancy/childhood.

It covers:

  • Pre-pregnancy
  • Pregnancy
  • Labor and delivery
  • Postnatal care
  • Infancy and childhood

This resource has a corresponding set of posters and handbill.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

VMMC Community Dialogue Cards [Kenya]

These cards are part of the VMMC Communication Toolkit which was developed to create and sustain demand for Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC) and reinforce that, while VMMC reduces risk for men, it does not prevent HIV and must be combined with other prevention behaviors to be effective.

The toolkit consists of communication materials, posters and pamphlets, a video, tools, a video discussion guide, a guide to working with the media, and a guide for adapting materials. The Toolkit targets affected audiences in Kenya’s Nyanza province and includes a communication guide that builds upon the national VMMC strategy.

These cards show various situations related to VMMC, such as a couple visiting the clinic, a man undergoing a circumcision, and a man recovering from his circumcision.

Source: FHI 360

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019