Malawi Archives | Breakthrough ACTION and RESEARCH

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.

Seven adolescent girls smiling and sitting on a bench

Lusayo Banda

Trends in Child, Early, and Forced Marriage and Adolescent Reproductive Health

English Malawi Child Early Forced Marriage, Gender, Youth Fact Sheet/Brief Audience Segmentation, Community Engagement, Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

This document shares data and trends in child marriage cases, school enrollment, and SRH services in Malawi.

Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Success Stories from Malawi

English Malawi Child Early Forced Marriage, Gender, Youth Success Story Audience Segmentation, Community Engagement, Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

This booklet highlights stories from adolescent girls and young women in Malawi whose lives have been positively impacted by Breakthrough ACTION.

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.

A nurse counseling a pregnant woman at her checkup

Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Encouraging Counseling that Promotes Meaningful Choice: Behavioral Design for Provider Behavior Change in Malawi

Breakthrough ACTION English Malawi Sexual and Reproductive Health, Provider Behavior Change Case Study Behavioral Science, Human-centered Design Breakthrough ACTION

This case study describes how Breakthrough ACTION used behavioral design to understand family planning provider behavior in Malawi and offers seven insights.

Advancing Postpartum Hemorrhage Care (APPHC)

Breakthrough RESEARCH English Malawi, Madagascar Maternal and Child Health, Provider Behavior Change Fact Sheet/Brief Breakthrough RESEARCH

These resources describe efforts to generate and test solutions that address key barriers to postpartum hemorrhage prevention, detection, and treatment.