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Catalyzing the Commercial Market for LLINs in Ghana: A Market Analysis

Finding sustainable ways to maintain access to long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) is essential to maintaining gains in malaria prevention in Ghana. The commercial market is an important channel for sustained access to LLINs.

With the aim of catalyzing the LLIN market, the U.K. Department for International Development-funded Private Sector Malaria Prevention (PSMP) project commissioned this market analysis. This study was designed to gain insights into the existing commercial market for LLINs, identify opportunities to increase customer demand for LLINs from the retail market, and get private sector players manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers to participate in the LLIN value chain.

The market analysis study was conducted from March to December 2017 in the Ashanti, Greater Accra, and Western regions of Ghana, using a combination of qualitative (focus groups, a human-centered design study, and key informant interviews) and quantitative (discrete choice experiments, household surveys, and retail audits) approaches.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: July 15, 2021

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Country Focus

Welcome to the Compass Country Focus Pages.

Use the table below:

  • COLUMN 1: Click on a country name listed below to see an overview of social and behavior change (SBC) projects in that country. Those pages then offer links to more detailed descriptions of each specific project.

  • COLUMN 2: Find all materials from selected countries

(Don’t see the country you’re interested in?*)

1. Countries with project detail2. Selected Countries – All Materials
Côte d’IvoireBangladesh
EthiopiaBenin
GhanaBolivia
MalawiBotswana
MaliBrazil
NepalBurkina Faso
NigeriaCameroon
PakistanCongo, Democratic Republic
TanzaniaCote d’Ivoire
UgandaEcuador
ZambiaEgypt
Eswatini
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

*If you don’t find the country you’re interested in, use the Search bar you can find on any page and just enter the name of the country.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: July 6, 2021

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Engaging Girls with Kuwa Mjanja

This presentation offers an overview of the Kuwa Mjanja campaign in Tanzania, managed by FHI360, which delivers entrepreneurial skills and contraceptive counseling sessions— tailored to and branded for the unique needs of girls. Across disciplines and in partnership with girls, Kuwa Mjanja supports girls aged 15-19 to explore the role contraception plays in helping them achieve their life dreams.

The key program elements were:

  • Branding
  • Messaging
  • Demand Creation
  • Sustained Engagement
  • Learning Experiences
  • Girl-centered Service Delivery

Source: FHI360

Date of Publication: June 29, 2021

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Improving Provider Behavior Change Communication and IPC

During implementation of its Women’s Health Project, Population Services International (PSI) identified several challenges relating to provider behavior relating to IUDs.

These challenges resulted in lower performance by network providers and lower productivity among IPC agents.

They included:

  • Lack of provider motivation to insert LARCs because of low profit generated, and time involved in counseling and insertion
  • Lack of provider confidence and practice in insertion skills due to low number of IUDs inserted each month
  • Low productivity among IPC agents with lower rates of IUD referrals resulting in IUD service provision; inefficient IPC mobilization strategies linked to coordination gaps between providers and IPC agents, low motivation among IPC agents and insufficient IPC supportive supervision

This brief discusses the strategies for improving provider behavior change and the lessons learned through this process.

Source: Population Services International

Date of Publication: June 29, 2021

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Mjanja Connect, Tanzania

Mjanja Connect is a technology platform in Tanzania that leverages FHI’s A360 program investments and insights, in order to increase the number of adolescent girls successfully referred for Family Planning Services by Community Health Educators (primarily) through the WHP program infrastructure.

It has three components:

  • A tablet based job aid for improving behavior change communication
  • A mobile system for referring, tracking, and supporting clients to FP services and beyond
  • A mobile system for gathering client feedback on providers and services

It uses two integrated system- Mjanja Connect Counseling App Girl-centric & personalized counseling, and Connecting with Sara (CwS) referral tracking and redemption.

Project materials here

Source: USAID, FHI360

Date of Publication: June 29, 2021

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Suaahara Nepal Project

Suaahara was an integrated nutrition project (2011-2016) that worked in 41 underserved districts in Nepal to improve the health and well-being of the Nepali people by focusing on the nutritional status of women and children under the age of two years. CCP partnered with Save the Children; Helen Keller International; Jhpiego; Nepali Technical Assistance Group; Nepal Water for Health; and the Nutrition Promotion and Consultancy Service.

Suaahara means good nutrition, or “a good balanced diet is the strong foundation protecting our lives.” As part of the implementing team, CCP supported strategic social and behavior change communication initiatives that build on this message and model behavior change to lead to improved maternal, infant and child nutrition.

In close coordination with Nepal government, the team created Bhanchhin Aama (Mother knows best), which served as the basis for a campaign for mass and community media. Bhanchhin Aama is a trusted, knowledgeable friendly mother-in-law character who models and promotes positive behavior change.

Project products included:

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: June 29, 2021

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Assessing Current Practices and Behavioral Determinants of Health Outcomes among Women in Northwestern Nigeria

The infographics draw on data and a programmatic research brief from the first phase of a Breakthrough RESEARCH behavioral sentinel surveillance (BSS) survey that has been completed in northwestern Nigeria. The BSS rigorously assessed current practices and behavioral determinants of health outcomes over the lifespan of the Breakthrough ACTION integrated social and behavior change (SBC) project in Nigeria.

Each of the three set of Breakthrough RESEARCH infographics map out one of the following topics:

  • Three important factors for improving women’s attendance of four or more antenatal visits during pregnancy (ANC 4+),
  • Three important factors for increasing modern contraceptive use, and
  • Three important factors for improving care seeking from a formal medical provider for children with fever.

Each infographic focuses on data from one of three states in Northern Nigeria, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara, and are available in English and Hausa.

The Breakthrough RESEARCH project is conducting mixed methods research to inform the delivery of SBC programming among mothers within the first 1,000-day window of opportunity, including integrated interventions to promote malaria prevention and treatment behaviors, antenatal care attendance, delivery with a skilled attendant, early and exclusive breastfeeding, child immunization, timely care-seeking for common childhood illnesses, and postpartum contraceptive use.

Increasing Care Seeking for Children with Fever Among Women in Kebbi State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Care Seeking for Children with Fever Among Women in Sokoto State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Care Seeking for Children with Fever Among Women in Zamfara State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Modern Contraceptive Use Among Women in Kebbi State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Modern Contraceptive Use Among Women in Sokoto State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Modern Contraceptive Use Among Women in Zamfara State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Use of Antenatal Care Services among Women in Kebbi State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Use of Antenatal Care Services among Women in Sokoto State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Increasing Use of Antenatal Care Services among Women in Zamfara State [English │ Hausa, PDF]

Source: Breakthrough RESEARCH/Population Council

Date of Publication: June 18, 2021

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How Can Social and Behavior Change Programming Improve Reproductive Health and Family Planning Behaviors of Out-of-School Youth in the Philipppines?  

This factsheet shares results from a targeted study to better understand which social and behavior change programming approaches are most effective for encouraging out-of-school youth ages 15 to 19 to adopt priority reproductive health and family planning behaviors.

The study was conducted among out-of-school youth in four urban regions of the Philippines: Manila, Quezon City, Cebu City, and Davao City.

For more information contact Ashish Bajracharya, abarjracharya@popcouncil.org

Source: Breakthrough RESEARCH/Population Council, De La Salle University

Date of Publication: June 18, 2021

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Institutionalizing State-Led Social and Behavioral Change (SBC) Capacity Strengthening

The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Nigeria commenced its technical support to the government of Nigeria in late 2016. It uses an innovative, demand-driven approach that encourages cities to assume an active role in the design and implementation of high impact interventions (HIIs).

At the same time, local and global partners provide a supporting and facilitating role. States self-select and apply to participate in TCI. They demonstrate their commitment to TCI by pledging significant resources, either monetary or in-kind, to financing the HIIs. In return, TCI provides technical assistance and coaching support to governments to design a family planning and AYSRH program that is cost-effective and tailored to meet the needs and circumstances of each state.

This document, ‘Institutionalizing State-Led Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Capacity Strengthening’ is a concise guide designed to support the implementation of state-led SBC interventions in Nigeria. The document outlines the technical aspects of a demand-driven approach in which state SBC programs or interventions are led by state players from conception to monitoring in order to ensure a greater likelihood of sustained interventions and outcomes. This demand-driven strategy for SBC capacity strengthening uses family planning as an entry point and can be applied to other primary health care areas throughout Nigeria and in other African countries.

Source: Gates Institute/Johns Hopkins University

Date of Publication: June 18, 2021

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Strengthening Social and Behavior Change Measurement in the RISE II Program

In RISE II, the Resilience Food Security Activity partners use a variety of social and behavior change (SBC) approaches, including community mobilization, interpersonal communication through peer group activities, and mass media, to address priority health behaviors.

Breakthrough RESEARCH conducted a mapping of family planning (FP); maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators in Niger and Burkina Faso to assess the availability of SBC-related data, including standardized indicators that could inform RISE II partner programs and support the identification and selection of standardized SBC indicators for routine programmatic data collection.

It was found that current SBC measures related to FP, MNCH, nutrition, and WASH in Niger and Burkina Faso are extremely limited and are mostly concentrated at output-level measures and individual health outcomes.

For more information contact Leanne Dougherty, ldougherty@pocouncil.org

Source: Breakthrough RESEARCH/Population Council

Date of Publication: June 18, 2021

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