A Nigerian patient using a Tuberculosis drugWHO

Getting Back to Good Health Faster

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This blog post describes how Breakthrough ACTION used a human-centered approach to increase tuberculosis case detection and save lives.
Coronavirus

Dealing with the worldwide panic about Coronavirus: Providing advice, fighting stigma, dispelling information

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This blog post introduces social and behavior change resources on the Compass website that will help health professionals respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Indian woman harvesting flowers and talking on a phone In a field of marigoldsKuntal Kumar Roy/Photoshare

Press 1 for Yes, 2 for No. Using Interactive Voice Response for Social and Behavior Change Programs

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This blog post describes how interactive voice response can reach populations with low literacy and internet use but have high mobile ownership.
Children eating as part of the Early Childhood Education and Development Program in IndonesiaErly Tatontos/World Bank/Flickr

Integrating SBC Across Sectors: Barriers, Enablers, and New Tools to Find Resources

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This blog post introduces a web-based repository that helps social and behavior change (SBC) professionals locate current, relevant SBC resources.
Four women speak at at the 2019 CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference in Kenya2019 CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference

Reflections from the CORE Group Conference: How Does Breakthrough RESEARCH’s Work Respond to Practitioner Priorities?

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The blog post discusses three priorities that surfaced during a conference for health practitioners on the frontlines during discussions of community health.
A family planning service provider in Nigeria records information into a records register© 2012 CCP/NURHI 2, Courtesy of Photoshare

New Social and Behavior Change Indicator Bank for Family Planning and Service Delivery

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This blog post discusses the need for standardized indicators for measuring social and behavior change activities and introduces a handy indicator bank.
A provider training by SM360+ mentors

Harnessing Behavioral Design to Improve Maternal Care in Zambia

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This blog post highlights how behavioral design enabled the development of low-cost, feasible solutions to promote respectful maternal care in Zambia.
Zika implementing partners participate in a share fair to discuss community engagement in the USAID Zika responseK4Health

Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH Resources from the USAID Zika Response

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This blog post introduces a suite of tools to help social and behavior change practitioners identify priority behaviors when responding to epidemics like Zika.
Volunteers from the Red Cross in El Salvador engage in participatory trainings to strengthen their interpersonal communication skillsSean Maloney/Breakthough ACTION

Cutting through the confusion: Prioritizing behavioral messages and calls to action

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This blog post describes how promoting a harmonized set of behaviors during epidemics like Zika improves the likelihood of behavior adoption.