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Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Products and Services for Men

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This trending topic offers tools and project examples focusing on male condoms, vasectomy, VMMC, HTC and STI testing and treatment.

New Tool to Aid in Integrated SBCC Programs

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This new resource brings together current best practices to guide program planners and/or implementers in asking the right questions before starting an integrated SBCC program and throughout the course of design, implementation and evaluation. 

HC3 Emergency Communication Tools Shared with West African Countries Fighting Multiple Disease Outbreaks

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Given the importance of implementing effective social and behavior change activities to control the spread of disease outbreaks, the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invited the HC3 project to share risk communication tools and experiences at a joint WAHO-WHO-UNDP four-day workshop in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday, July 11.

Making Smart Choices Easy: Incorporating Behavioral Economics into a National Campaign in Nepal

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HC3 designed approaches that used behavioral economics concepts and seamlessly incorporated them into a national SBCC campaign to promote HTSP and the use of long-acting contraceptive methods in Nepal.

Family Planning Campaign Activities To Continue in Nepal

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HC3, as part of Nepal’s wider community of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) partner practitioners, has been committed to supporting the family planning communication strategy and policy guidelines of the Government of Nepal.

Addressing Unmet Need for Family Planning through Social Networks in Benin

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The latest Spotlight from the Health COMpass describes the Tékponon Jikuagou project in Benin to increase use of family planning methods.
Credit: A young girl in Kolkata, India, stands by her family's cholera-contaminated water supply.

Curated Health Communication Materials to Treat, Prevent Cholera

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On June 24, 2017,  UNICEF and the World Health Organization…

A Step Toward Global Health Security

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The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative worked with the Ministry of Health in Tanzania to strengthen capacity around risk communication.

Integrating Social Science Interventions in Epidemic, Pandemic and Health Emergency Response

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To establish social science interventions as a core strategy in emergencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Wellcome Trust co-organized the Global Consultation on Integrating Social Science Interventions in Epidemic, Pandemic and Health Emergency Response, June 8-9, 2017, in London, England.

HC3’s Erin Portillo Nominated for 120 Under 40: The Next Generation of Family Planning Leaders

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Erin Portillo, a Family Planning Program Officer II with the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative has been nominated for the 120 under 40, a project organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with sponsorship from Bayer, to recognize future leaders in the area of family planning.

Video Demonstrates How SBC Works in Partnership with Service Delivery

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The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) has released a video demonstrating the impact social and behavior change (SBC) has in partnership with service delivery in improving health outcomes.