Healthcare Facilities

The largest public health initiative in history, GPEI uses comprehensive communication strategies including community mobilization, interpersonal communication through health workers, and mass media to achieve polio vaccination coverage. The initiative has reduced polio cases by 99.9% since 1988 through sustained behavior change communication.

UNRWA's Social Safety Net Programme provides essential assistance to over 1 million food-insecure Palestine refugees across Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. In the West Bank, e-card assistance reaches 36,000+ beneficiaries enabling dignified choice in purchases, while Gaza relies primarily on in-kind food assistance. The Relief and Social Services program develops institutional capacity of 24 community-based organizations managed by Local Administrative Committees. The program promotes social participation, inclusion, gender equality, and civic engagement while addressing multi-dimensional poverty through cash transfers, vocational training, and microfinance with 475,000+ loans awarded.

The Global Fund invests in behavior change communication as part of comprehensive HIV, TB, and malaria programs. Supports national campaigns for prevention, testing, and treatment adherence across more than 100 countries, with particular focus on key populations and vulnerable groups.

A multi-country initiative to improve infant and young child feeding practices through strategic behavior change communication. Uses mass media, community-based counseling, and policy advocacy to promote exclusive breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and other countries.

Egypt's national campaign to eliminate Hepatitis C, one of the world's most successful mass screening and treatment programs. Combined mass media awareness with community screening drives, treating over 4 million people. Used behavior change communication to reduce stigma and encourage testing.

UNRWA integrates health education and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention into its education program serving 500,000+ refugee children. The program strengthens primary prevention through health education targeting school children from 2023 onwards, improves nutritional quality of school canteen food, and conducts screening programs and outreach campaigns. The approach recognizes that early intervention during childhood can prevent NCDs like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension that increasingly affect the refugee population. The program also developed COVID-19 health protocols that trained 30,000+ students in Lebanon on hygiene practices.

UNHCR Jordan implements comprehensive health communication programs for Syrian refugees and host communities. Uses community health volunteers, mobile clinics, and digital platforms to promote vaccination, maternal health, and mental health services. Reaches over 650,000 registered refugees across camps and urban settings.

The World Health Organization Initiative on E-Waste and Child Health supports pilot projects in Latin America and Africa to protect children's health from hazardous exposures in informal e-waste recycling. The initiative raises awareness about health effects of e-waste on children and pregnant women, who are particularly vulnerable to toxic substances like lead, mercury, and cadmium released during informal recycling practices such as open burning and acid leaching. The program works to build capacity for policymakers to enforce legislation, promote safe disposal practices, and develop healthcare protocols for treating e-waste-related health conditions in affected communities.

Jhpiego works with Egypt's Ministry of Health to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes through health worker training, community mobilization, and behavior change communication. Focuses on antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and essential newborn care practices in Upper Egypt governorates.

Population Services International's comprehensive malaria program uses social marketing and behavior change communication to increase use of insecticide-treated nets, improve care-seeking behavior, and promote preventive treatment. Active across sub-Saharan Africa with proven impact on malaria mortality reduction.

This initiative used human-centered design (HCD) to adapt and co-design a multifaceted implementation strategy for integrating HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) services in Lusaka, Zambia. The approach involved healthcare workers in the design process to ensure the strategy's appropriateness, feasibility, and adoption in local healthcare settings.

The study highlights the rise of Anopheles stephensi, an invasive mosquito spreading across African cities, posing a new challenge to malaria control efforts. It emphasizes the importance of raising awareness and addressing human behaviors, such as water storage and fever response, to prevent the mosquito from becoming a widespread threat.

A study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs explores a practical and cost-effective method to track adherence to micronutrient supplements among pregnant women in rural Ethiopia. This approach aims to improve maternal and child health outcomes by addressing micronutrient deficiencies and ensuring program effectiveness.

This program focuses on improving HIV assisted partner services (APS) by continuing partner elicitation for 12 months after the initial diagnosis. The study highlights the benefits of ongoing partner elicitation in identifying and testing additional partners, leading to higher rates of new HIV diagnoses and addressing behaviors associated with HIV transmission.

This study examines HPV vaccination policies, delivery strategies, barriers, and enablers for immunocompromised girls, including those living with HIV, in Eswatini, Malawi, and Uganda. It identifies promising strategies, such as using Teen Clubs and adolescent HIV clinics for vaccine delivery, while highlighting barriers like stigma and limited cold chain infrastructure.