USAID Global Health Newsletter - October 2017

Join Global Health on Follow Global Health on SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN GLOBAL HEALTH October 2017 Culture, norms and social networks all influence individual behaviors. Many factors contribute to a person's decision-making process that ultimately lead to actions that can either benefit or harm them. Changing the status quo requires us to address all these factors. Find out how social and behavior change approaches are critical to improving health outcomes. Read the full story. Which Behaviors Can Help Prevent Child and Maternal Deaths? Increasing healthy behaviors is one of the most cost-effective and successful ways to save the lives of women and children. Find out more here. Engaging and Educating the Community in Nigeria Read how community education and outreach can raise awareness, transfer knowledge and skills and catalyze behavior change in global health. In Nigeria, this focus on social and behavior change effectively changed a community's attitude toward immunizations, allowing more children to access healthcare. Read the full story. Breastfeeding in Ghana Read how health workers in Ghana help educate pregnant women and new mothers on the benefits of proper breastfeeding as a part of a USAID-funded effort to improve nutrition. Read the full story. Women's and Children's Health: A New Roadmap for Building, Reporting, Assessing and Applying Evidence Assessing evidence for social, behavioral and community engagement in maternal, newborn and child health can be challenging due to the multisectoral nature of many of these interventions. USAID is working with the World Health Organization and other partners on a roadmap to make this process easier. Read the full story. Malaria and Social and Behavior Change Many factors influence whether or not a person will be protected from malaria. These include behaviors such as sleeping under an insecticide-treated mosquito net, health worker's ability to convey key messages to patients and a mother's understanding of what to do in case a child has a fever. Find out what works and why here. Read the full story. Family Planning and Social and Behavior Change Now available: Two new briefs on Family Planning High Impact Practices (HIPs): as well as briefs on community group engagement and mass media. Read the full story. Addressing Zika through Social and Behavior Change Social and behavior change approaches are critical for containing the spread of infectious diseases. Learn about how this approach has been integrated into USAID's Zika Response programs and in our Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge. Read the full story. GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES PODCAST –"Social and Behavior Change in Global Health" Listen to a podcast conversation with Elizabeth Fox, USAID's Deputy Coordinator Maternal and Child Survival USAID. Highlights and Look Ahead Updated Health Research Program website USAID's Global Health Research Program supports real-world research and translates findings into effective health interventions that can be adapted globally. View the updated website to learn more. New Social and Behavior Change Awards Breakthrough Action and Breakthrough Research are the two new awards intended to develop and advance Social and Behavior Change learning and programming. Read the full story. UN General Assembly: TB Is a Fight that Is "Possible to Win" USAID Administrator Mark Green shared the Agency's strong commitment to ending TB at a high-level reception on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York last September. Read the full story. Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge Innovation Comes to Life in Liberia The Emergency Smart Pod is deployed in Liberia. Read the full story. East Africa Digital Health Conference Launches Development of Regional Roadmap USAID supports the East African Health Research Commission in the development of the East African Digital Health Roadmap. Read the full story. Launch of Digital Square USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are among the donors behind Digital Square, a new initiative recently launched by PATH. Read the full story. Global Health Science and Practice Journal The September edition of the Global Health Science and Practice Quarterly Journal is now available. USAID GH Media Mentions Read a blog post by Admiral Tim Ziemer on Securing Global Health through U.S. Leadership Watch new health finance video by USAID's Development Credit Authority Check out the Journal of Health Communication September supplement dedicated entirely to the lessons learned on social and behavior change communication during the Ebola crisis View the USAID- and HC3-supported Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) supplement that highlights the role effective health communication plays in HIV treatment outcomes. New Single-Day Pill for HIV Treatment Promises More Bang for Less Buck Video: Behavioral Science and International Development Video from WHO Medical Devices Forum and USAID's Grand Challenges Read a story about combating fistula in Mali Hear Irene Koek, USAID's Acting Assistant Administrator for Global Health talk about a new strain of malaria in Southeast Asia Stay Connected with USAID Global Health         The KMS Project is sending these announcements on behalf of USAID's Bureau for Global Health. The KMS Project is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 440, Washington DC 20004  • (202) 660-1860