Lessons Learned on Scaling Aflasafe Through Commercialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

This brief provides an overview of the five-step process on scaling Aflasafe through commercialization in sub-Saharan Africa and highlights lessons learned.
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Our Journey from Incubation to Market: Status of Aflasafe Commercialization in Africa

This brief describes the three-phase approach to transfer and commercialize Aflasafe across different African countries, as well as the challenges and lessons learned throughout the process.
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Private Sector Engagement in Behavior Change Communications Initiatives

The USAID Zambia Communications Support for Health program, in an effort to better expand the impact of health communication campaigns, implemented a robust private sector engagement strategy within the country. Project staff framed the opportunity as a mutual investment built on equal business collaboration and returns.
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Technical Brief: Behavior Centered Programming in Zambia

Zambia Communications Support for Health program, in an effort to improve the capacity of health-sector organizations, applied the technique of Behavior-Centered Programming, a set of tools that give a voice to program participants and harmonizes social and behavior change communications initiatives.
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Reducing Obstetric Fistula in Rwanda

The USAID Rwanda Family Health Project, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, formed an awareness campaign about obstetric fistula, a childbearing injury caused by several days of obstructed labor or poorly performed caesarean section (C-section) deliveries.
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Increasing Demand for and Supply of Non-Scalpel Vasectomies

The USAID-supported Rwanda Family Health Project (RFHP), in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, formed awareness campaigns to educate and increase demand for non-scalpel vasectomies. As a result of these efforts to increase access to vasectomy services, providers performed 380 non-scalpel vasectomies from 2012-2014.
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Outcome Evaluation of an HIV Prevention Social Behavior Change Communications Program in Zambia Using Propensity Score Matching

The Zambia Communications Support for Health (CSH) program, implemented by USAID and Chemonics International, produced a series of social and behavior change communications interventions under its Safe Love HIV Prevention campaign to address the key drivers of HIV prevalence.
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