Compass for SBC “Spotlight” on Breakthrough RESEARCH

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As USAID’s flagship social and behavior change (SBC) research and evaluation project, Breakthrough RESEARCH—a consortium led by the Population Council that includes Avenir Health, ideas42, the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown…

Integrating Gender Into the COVID-19 RCCE Response

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

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Written by: Susan Leibtag, Compass Curator, Breakthrough ACTION When a frightening new disease suddenly emerges, the global medical and public health communities snap to attention and try to determine how to slow and, ultimately, stop it from…

Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH Resources from the USAID Zika Response

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Written by: Alex Reed and Reshma Naik, Breakthrough RESEARCH In 2016, USAID launched a response to prevent the transmission and spread of Zika, a once little-known virus spread through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, person…

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

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Written by: Alice Payne Merritt, CCP Deputy Director, Breakthrough ACTION When Zika first appeared in Brazil and spread quickly through the Americas, dozens of governments and partners grappled with how to help families protect themselves from…

Richer and Faster Data Analysis to Inform SBC Zika Program Design in an Outbreak

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Written by: Anne Ballard Sara, Program Officer II; Tilly Gurman, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer; Sean Maloney, Program Officer; and Gabrielle Hunter, Zika Technical Team Lead, Breakthrough ACTION Despite the need for quick action during…

Zika’s Silent Threat: Prioritized Behaviors Are Key to Preventing Future Outbreaks of Aedes Aegypti-Borne Diseases

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Written by: Deborah Mesce and Reshma Naik, Breakthrough RESEARCH Zika sent waves of panic through the Americas in 2015 and 2016 when the little-known virus was linked to serious birth defects and other neurological disorders. At the height…

Preventing Zika in Latin America and the Caribbean