This document is intended to support implementation of the National Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Strategy developed as an outcome of Ghana’s coordinated and collaborative response to communicating with the public and all stakeholders on the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides guidance on what is to be done, by who, where, and when in applying risk communication and social mobilization actions when public health emergencies arise.
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This is a review of the community feedback and media monitoring systems utilized in Ghana in 2020. The review was carried out to identify existing systems and note their strengths and areas which needed improvement.
This package of print materials was created to raise awareness about Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana.
These tools were created to support providers, peer educators, and other program staff to integrate U=U messages into their outreach activities with female sex workers (FSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM). The tools include a flipchart and informational booklet and are complemented by client-facing materials for each audience.
This package of print materials was created to raise awareness about Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) among female sex workers (FSW) in Ghana.
Breakthrough ACTION Ghana's COVID-19 project involved production of multiple forms of communication such as audio, video, and print materials. The audio and video spots are listed below. All of the videos can be found here. Radio spots are available below.
As part of the GoodLife campaign, in June 2011 BCS and ProMPT, in partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme and the Ghana Health Service, launched the new “Aha ye de” malaria campaign. “Aha ye de” means “It’s Good Here” in Twi, one of Ghana’s national languages.
Voices for a Malaria-Free Future (Voices) was led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs (CCP) since 2006 and is closely aligned with the United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign, which used soccer as the catalyst to raise global awareness and galvanize worldwide commitment to end malaria deaths by 2015.
The Ghana Behavior Change Support (BCS) Project, 2009-2013, was a 4 year United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported project managed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs with CARE and PLAN International in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Private Sector Malaria Preventon Ghana (PSMP) is a three-year project funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and operated by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP). The purpose of the PSMP is to catalyze private sector engagement in malaria control, in particular in the supply and distribution of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN).