The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on malaria control and elimination efforts. Modeling predictions suggested the annual malaria death toll in sub-Saharan Africa could double because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on malaria control and elimination efforts. Modeling predictions suggested the annual malaria death toll in sub-Saharan Africa could double because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on malaria control and elimination efforts. Modeling predictions suggested the annual malaria death toll in sub-Saharan Africa could double because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nigeria imposed a country-wide lockdown at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs suspended important social and behavior change (SBC) interventions for malaria prevention and treatment, like household visits, compound meetings, and community dialogues.

Breakthrough ACTION worked with the Kenyan Division of the National Malaria Programme to develop this spot that promotes malaria prevention, testing, and treatment.

Working closely with Facebook, the President's Malaria Initiative launched the #SeekCareForFever campaign to overcome two challenges created by the current pandemic.

Little Mosquito Big Problem is a social media campaign designed by Breakthrough ACTION-Guyana in collaboration with the Government of Guyana about malaria prevention. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media posts reminded the public that even during the pandemic they must remember all aspects of malaria prevention and treatment.

The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Nigeria commenced its technical support to the government of Nigeria in late 2016. It uses an innovative, demand-driven approach that encourages cities to assume an active role in the design and implementation of high impact interventions (HIIs).

Empowerment of female adolescents, at the individual level, is thought to be an important factor associated with norms and health, but the Female Empowerment Index has not previously been used to explore empowerment in relation to specific health outcomes or behaviors.

This brief provides rigorous evidence-based insights to policy makers, implementers, and researchers of social and behavior change programs on maternal and child nutrition during the 1,000-day period between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday.