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Using Human-Centered Design to Create a Gender-Equitable Environment for Very Young Adolescents

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Breakthrough ACTION captured learnings from designing solutions that create a healthy environment for very young adolescents in a set of reports and briefs.
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From Football to Puppets: The Power of Strategic Communication

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In Bangladesh, Breakthrough ACTION used enter-education activities such as a river show and football matches to promote COVID-19 prevention and vaccination.
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Reducing Child Marriage: A Shared Goal for Breakthrough ACTION in Malawi and Nepal

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Breakthrough ACTION drew inspiration from work done to reduce child, early, and forced marriage in Malawi to reduce child marriages in Nepal.
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Introduction to Empathways

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Empathways is a three-round card deck designed to spark important discussion and joint reflection between young people and family planning service providers.
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Tested Solutions for Supporting Facility-Based Delivery

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Breakthrough ACTION used behavioral design to develop a package of solutions to support women and their families with their facility-based delivery intentions.
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Strengthening Social Accountability to Improve Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services

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This brief documents Breakthrough ACTION learnings from its work to strengthen social accountability in reproductive health and family planning services in West Africa.
A 13 year old boy and 12 year old girl with signs about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in BangladeshBreakthrough ACTION

Community Session: A Tool to Protect Community Against COVID-19 in Bangladesh

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Breakthrough ACTION established a vaccine ambassador community engagement program in Bangladesh to raise awareness and counter misinformation about COVID-19.
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Increasing the Use of Social and Behavior Change in Health Systems Strengthening: Evidence and Recommendations to Improve Primary Health Care

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This brief summarizes findings from a literature review and consultations about using social and behavior change to strengthen health systems.
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Using Social and Behavior Change to Strengthen Self-Care for Sexual and Reproductive Health

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This brief outlines how self-care practitioners can use proven and emergent social and behavior change approaches to enhance self-care efforts.