Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) Ethiopia
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) Ethiopia is founded on the belief that social and behavior change communication (SBCC) is key to solving the world’s most pressing health problems.
At CCP Ethiopia, we believe in the power of communication to save lives, by empowering people to adopt healthy behaviors for themselves, their families and their communities.
CCP Ethiopia does not simply provide information. We work in partnership with local teams and partners to change social and behavioral norms in cultures that often have deeply rooted – sometimes harmful – social and cultural traditions, low literacy and high poverty, weak health systems and a high disease burden. We are not content with incremental change. We work to ensure that good health is accessible to all.
Project Name:
Communication for Health - Zoonotic Diseases Risk Communication Activity
Budget Source:
Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) through USAID
Project Life:
May 2018 – July 2020
Project objective:
Support public sector stakeholders working on zoonotic diseases risk communication in emergency preparedness and risk avoidance during outbreaks
Project area:
Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray Regions
Project focus on zoonotic diseases:
Anthrax, Brucellosis, and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
Project targets:
- Program GOE stakeholders: Key One Health sectors (health, animal health, environment, and wildlife) at federal, regional, zonal, and woreda level
- Program implementers: Frontline workers (Animal health workers and Health Extension workers) and their supervisors at health centers and catchment areas
Partners: National One Health steering Committee; Regional One Health taskforces which are composed of Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopian Environment Forest and Climate Change Authority, and Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Agency
What we do:
We help the public sector use multilevel, multi-sectoral and multifaceted risk communication capacity for public health emergencies. There is real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions during unusual and unexpected events and emergencies so that informed decisions to mitigate the effects of threats, and protective and preventative action can be made. This includes a mix of communication and engagement strategies, such as media and social media communications, mass awareness campaigns, health promotion, social mobilization, stakeholder engagement and community engagement
Communication for Health - Zoonotic Diseases Risk Communication Activity implements GHSA action package to achieve the following Joint External Evaluation (JEE) indicators.
- Risk communication systems for unusual/ unexpected events and emergencies
- Internal and partner coordination for emergency risk communication
- Public communication for emergencies
- Communication engagement with affected communities
- Addressing perceptions, risky behaviors and misinformation
Point of Contact:
Betemariam Alemu
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+251 11 550 3584