Ebonyi’s Traditional and Religious Leaders Speak Out to Improve Maternal and Child Health

Improving Demand Generation for COVID-19 Vaccination Through Privately Owned Community Pharmacies

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Competent and empathetic health care workers are central to service delivery, including ensuring people get tested for and receive COVID-19 vaccines. Community pharmacists are closest to where people live, work, and play, making them the most…

Promoting Healthy Nutrition Behaviors Through Community Mobilization in Rural Nigeria

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Muhammed Bello is a 46-year-old herder living in Bauchi State in Nigeria. In 2020, he and his wife, Hadiza, lost their child, Isah, due to malnutrition. Hadiza stopped breastfeeding Isah when he was seven months old because she had become pregnant…

Nigerian Ward Development Committees Drive Community Action by Helping Women Get to Health Services

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In Bauchi State, Nigeria, pregnant women in rural areas struggle to access reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child health, and nutrition (RMNCH+N) services due to challenging terrain, seasonal hindrances such as flooding, and, above all, the…

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria Success Stories

The power of geospatial mapping to increase COVID-19 vaccinations

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains an issue in Nigeria, despite the accessibility and availability of vaccines. As part of nationwide support to the Government of Nigeria’s efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake, Breakthrough ACTION contributed…

Know, Care, Do: Case Studies

Nutrition Job Aid for Community Health Workers

How Theory-Based Programming Can Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake