November 17, 2023

Interpersonal Communication and Counseling: Improving Dialogue About COVID-19 Vaccination and Other Sensitive Topics

Clinical/Technical GuidanceOnline CourseTraining/Education

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has highlighted the need for improved interpersonal counseling and communication (IPCC). Mis- and disinformation has muddled COVID-19 messaging, meaning that health providers have to […]

Leon Seaton Jr. – Guyana National Swimmer: Message on COVID-19 in Guyana

Video

This resource is a video message on COVID-19 booster doses. The message is from Leon Seaton Jr., a national swimmer from Guyana. The target audience is mainly youth. Name: Rehana […]

Posters to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination to Specific Groups in Mali

Posters

In support of national authorities, BA-Mali with the Risk Communication Thematic Group has developed 4 posters for specific groups such as pregnant women, breastfeeding women, the elderly, and children and […]

November 16, 2023

Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Botswana Through Community Outreach and Door-to-Door Vaccination

Reports and Studies

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), a five-year global project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), […]

Who are we and what are we doing to prevent COVID-19?

Reports and Studies

The Breakthrough ACTION Mali team presented this poster on the project’s activities to combat COVID-19 at the the 6th Conference of the African Epidemiology Association (AfEA) and the 1st congress […]

October 13, 2023

Promoting Vaccination in India through Videos: The Role of Humor, Collectivistic Appeal and Gender

Reports and Studies

This paper investigates the impact of different factors on beliefs about vaccines and vaccination in India through video-based public service announcements.

October 6, 2023

Rumor Tracking and Infodemic Management in Public Health Emergencies

Online Course

This is a course for risk communication and community engagement program implementers and other professionals working to identify and respond to emerging rumors.

Protecting Families Through Routine Immunization: A Message from Dr. Miracle Ogbu

Radio/Audio SpotsVideo

Dr. Miracle Ogbu, Ebonyi State Emergency Routine Immunization Coordinating Committee (SERICC) Coordinator, urges us to protect ourselves and our children by ensuring we get immunized/vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases.

September 19, 2023

Mozambique Test 2 Treat Campaign Materials

InfographicsPostersSBC CampaignStrategies

COVID-19 is not completely over yet, so these material draw attention to the symptoms of COVID so that people can go to the health unit to get tested in case of any symptoms and if positive, get treatment straight away if they have not passed five days.

Gender Analysis for Vaccine Response: Toolkit for Risk Communication and Community Engagement Actors

Reports and StudiesTechnical Briefs

This toolkit provides practical guidance to identify gender related barriers to be addressed and identify opportunities to be leveraged to enable a gender equitable vaccine response.

September 7, 2023

5 Inspiring Covid-19 Marketing Campaigns

Video

Five noteworthy marketing campaigns about COVID-19 you should know about.

Liberia ‘Healthy Life’ Campaign

PostersRadio/Audio SpotsSBC Campaign

Since 2021, Breakthrough ACTION, led by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, has worked in close partnership with the Liberia Ministry of Health to develop COVID-19 communication materials. Many of the materials have been developed under the larger umbrella health campaign “Healthy Life”, while other materials have been developed for specific campaign surges.

August 25, 2023

Resources for Journalists

Web Resources

This is a resource for journalists to report about COVID-19.

The Prevalence, Features, Influencing Factors, and Solutions for COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: Systematic Review

Reports and Studies

This review aims to synthesize the global evidence on misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines, including its prevalence, features, influencing factors, impacts, and solutions for combating misinformation.

Vaccination Week in the Americas 2023

InfographicsSBC Campaign

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the countries and territories of the Region of the Americas and its partners, celebrated the 21st annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) and the 12th World Immunization Week (WIW) under the call to action: Get Up-to-date, April 22 to 29, 2023 using the hashtag #EachVaccineCounts.

Understanding the Behavioral and Social Drivers (BeSD) of COVID-19 Vaccination among Persons with Disabilities in Internally Displaced Camps in Somalia/Somaliland

Reports and Studies

The overall goal of this study was to capture the unique drivers of health prevention for persons with disabilities in Somalia/Somaliland to support evidence-based disability-inclusive prevention and strengthen advocacy for inclusive health information and services.

Evaluation of the WHO Community Engagement Research Initiative

Reports and Studies

This report offers an evaluation of evaluative action-based research carried out by four country research teams in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Malaysia.

August 4, 2023

Influencer and boxer Alcinda vaccine promotion video

SBC CampaignTV spotsVideo

Influencer and boxer Alcinda vaccine promotion video

Evidence for “Whole Family Approach” in accelerating uptake of COVID-19 and routine immunizations among integrated primary health services in Nigeria

Reports and Studies

Launched in 2021, the Whole Family Approach (WFA) is a government-sanctioned approach to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The approach entails leveraging the high family-based demand for some primary health services, such as malaria, diabetes, hypertension, and reproductive services, to generate demand for COVID-19 and routine immunizations.

COVID-19 Stickers in Malawi

SBC Campaign

A series of stickers in Chichewa featuring health workers and religious leaders encouraging various audiences, including youth, to get vaccinated.

COVID-19 Prevention and Testing Posters in Malawi

PostersSBC Campaign

Two posters in Chichewa encourage masking to prevent COVID-19 and testing for COVID-19 when experiencing symptoms.

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The COVID-19 Communication Network is teamed closely with The Compass for SBC, a curated collection of social and behavior change (SBC) resources. The collection offers the highest quality “how-to” tools and packages of materials from SBC projects.  Each item in the Compass is vetted to ensure it was developed via a strategic process and had documented success in the field. Further, this site is closely linked with Springboard, an online community of SBC professionals who share experiences, ask/give advice, and enhance their skills.