HC3 in Action: Engaging Men and Adolescent Boys

This brief describes key examples from across the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) project that can help inform future efforts to engage men and boys in achieving and maintaining an AIDS-free generation, increasing demand for family planning, ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and realizing a malaria-free world.

Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy Case Studies: Using the HTSP Implementation Kit to Address Advanced Maternal Age and High-Parity Pregnancy in Togo and Niger

In 2016, Marie Stopes International (MSI) and the Association Togolaise pour le Bien-Être Familial (ATBEF) utilized the HC3 Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) Advanced Maternal Age and High-Parity Pregnancy Implementation Kit to address and prevent high-risk pregnancies in Togo and Niger. These case studies present the results from each of those pilot projects.

Adapting the Demand Generation Implementation Kit: Using the Demand Generation I-Kit to Reduce Child Mortality in the Mitsinjo District of Madagascar

Case study outlining a demand generation project in Madagascar designed to improve maternal and child health by promoting oral rehydration salts and zinc.

Adapting the Demand Generation Implementation Kit: Using the Demand Generation I-Kit to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in Bangladesh

Case study outlining a demand generation project in Bangladesh designed to increase demand for and utilization of maternal, neonatal and child health commodities and to build the capacity of community health workers to deliver newborn health care.

Adapting the Demand Generation Implementation Kit: Improving Community Access to Amoxicillin Dispersible Tablets and Co-Pack ORS and Zinc through Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania

This case study outlines a demand generation project in Tanzania designed by Pharmaceutical Society of Tanzania (PST) to improve access to new products – amoxicillin dispersible tablets and co-pack oral rehydration salt and zinc respectively – to treat childhood pneumonia and diarrhea.

Adapting the Demand Generation Implementation Kit: Tanzania Increases Access to Family Planning Services and Emergency Contraceptives among Young Women Enrolled in Institutes of Higher Learning and Vocational Training

Case study outlining a demand generation project in Tanzania aimed at increasing access to family planning products, including female condoms, contraceptive implants and emergency contraception.

Adapting the Demand Generation Implementation Kit: Saving Lives by Generating Demand for Zinc among Young Mothers in the Ihorombe Region of Madagascar

This case study outlines a demand generation project in Madagascar designed to increase knowledge of the use of zinc to treat simple diarrhea and thus contribute to reducing child mortality in the Ihosy region of Madagascar.

Guinea: Rapid Rehabilitation – Improving Health Facilities

Case study outlining HC3's rapid rehabilitation activities to improve health facilities in Guinea following the Ebola crisis.

Guinea: Interpersonal Communication and Counseling – Building Trust in the Health System

Case study outlining how HC3 used interpersonal communication and counseling to help rebuild trust in the health system in Guinea following the Ebola crisis.

Guinea: Interactive Radio Programs – Getting the Community's Perspective

Case study outlining how HC3 has used radio to expand participation in the project's community dialogues in Guinea.

Guinea: Gold Star Campaign – Branding Quality Health Services

Case study outlining the national health services "Gold Star" quality campaign underway in Guinea following the Ebola crisis.