Cameroon Archives | Breakthrough ACTION and RESEARCH

Health workers in protective gear in rowboats assess dead birds floating in a waterway.

2025 Breakthrough ACTION

Unlocking Behavioral Insights to Prevent Outbreaks through the Zoonotic Behaviors Survey

English Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal Global Health Security, Emerging Infectious Diseases Fact Sheet/Brief Advocacy, Community Engagement, Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

The Zoonotic Behaviors Survey contributes to preparedness and response by measuring baselines, monitoring, and generating evidence.

A woman stands, addressing a group of seated mothers and children in a Nigerian village. She holds open a book of referral cards. A flip chart hangs next to the woman, showing Breakthrough ACTION graphics about caring for children with fever.

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Monitoring Malaria SBC Programs Online Course

English Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Guyana, Nigeria Malaria Online Course Monitoring and Evaluation Breakthrough ACTION

This online course provides guidance on developing monitoring plans for malaria SBC programs.

Peer-Reviewed Articles Supporting the SBC Evidence Base

English Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Francophone West Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Guyana, Nigeria, Malawi, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic COVID-19, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Male Engagement, Global Health Security, Malaria, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Provider Behavior Change, Service Delivery Peer-reviewed Advocacy, Audience Segmentation, Behavioral Science, Community Engagement, Digital, Human-centered Design, Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural, Risk Communication, Integration Breakthrough ACTION

These peer-reviewed publications help SBC practitioners find strategies and scalable interventions to improve health outcomes.

AFCON #TeamVaccine Campaign

English, French, Portuguese Francophone West Africa, Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria COVID-19, Male Engagement Implementation Guidance, Toolkit, Video/Animation, Radio Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION developed campaign materials to promote vaccine uptake among 2023 AFCON football fans.

Behind-the-scenes shot from Drôle de Marché, a francophone mini-series modeling bird flu and rabies.

Cori Fordham/Breakthrough ACTION

Facilitating Multisectoral Preparedness and Response in Francophone Africa

English Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Francophone West Africa, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Guinea, Senegal, Mali COVID-19, Global Health Security Case Study Community Engagement, Digital, Knowledge Management, Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

This case study describes peer-to-peer learning and capacity building exchanges among One Health practitioners in francophone Africa.

Malaria in Pregnancy: Trends from the Malaria Behavior Survey

English Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, Sierra Leone Malaria Fact Sheet/Brief Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

This brief provides recommendations to increase the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy and early antenatal care.

A pregnant woman receives a mosquito net at her prenatal visit

President's Malaria Initiative/Flickr

Audience Segmentation for Malaria Online Course

Breakthrough ACTION English, French Francophone West Africa, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi Malaria Online Course Audience Segmentation Breakthrough ACTION

This course teaches how to encourage antimalarial acceptance and uptake by employing audience segmentation based on attitudes and behaviors of populations.

Malaria Behavior Survey

Breakthrough ACTION English, French Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Liberia, Sierra Leone Malaria Interactive, Toolkit, Website Monitoring and Evaluation Breakthrough ACTION

This is a cross-sectional household survey of malaria-related behaviors and the factors that drive or inhibit them.