International Women’s Day in NigeriaBreakthrough ACTION

Advancing Gender Equality in Nigeria Through Women’s Empowerment Groups

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This blog post celebrates International Women’s Day by highlighting how women’s empowerment groups Breakthrough ACTION works with advance gender equality.
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Celebrating Women of ACTION

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To mark International Women’s Day, Breakthrough ACTION project launched a video series to feature eight dedicated women from across the project.
A Senegalese mother smiles at her newborn daughterMorgana Wingard/USAID

A New Framework Guides Support for Sexual and Reproductive Self-Care

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This article explores a new framework that helps health practitioners use social and behavior change to promote sexual and reproductive health self-care.
Four health providers in Sud Kivu, DRC, stand around a desk looking over papersRaissa Rwizibuka

Barriers to Feeding Young Children Well During and After Illness: Insight from the DRC

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This blog post captures insights gained from Breakthrough ACTION’s work to understand the barriers caregivers face in feeding children during and after illness.
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2019 Francophone SBC Summit Report

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This report summarizes the events of the 2019 Francophone Social and Behavior Change Summit and highlights key insights generated during the summit.
A community health nurse gives medical advice to a mother holding an infant in Sierra LeoneMwangi Kirubi/PMI Impact Malaria/Flickr

Supporting Provider Behavior Change: An Experiential Workshop

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Breakthrough ACTION will be hosting experiential workshops to introduce practitioners to tools that can help them enhance their provider behavior change work.
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Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Self-Care through Social and Behavior Change

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This framework helps sexual and reproductive health professionals understand the drivers of self-care behaviors so they can make better program decisions.

Using the Community Action Cycle to Build Trust in Guinea

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Breakthrough ACTION increased antenatal care rates in Guinea from 25% to 75% by using community dialogues to build trust among women in local health facilities.
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Intentionally Incorporating the Social Determinants of Health into Social and Behavior Change Programming for Family Planning

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This brief provides guidance for strategic decision making in support of social and behavior change initiatives to reduce inequities in family planning.