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Zambia National HIV and AIDS Communication Strategy

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

The Zambia National HIV and AIDS Communication and Advocacy Strategy is designed to engage all stakeholders involved in Zambia’s HIV response. The strategy identifies how social and behavior change communication (SBCC) may be most effectively used to increase HIV-related health-seeking behaviors through a variety of approaches that are appropriate within the Zambian context and considered to have high impact.

This document is intended to help implementing partners design social and behavior change programs especially on comprehensive HIV prevention with a full knowledge of the characteristics of their target audiences for maximum results and a guarantee of value for money. The NACAS is a useful resource which will help partners appreciate the social conditions, institutional and policy issues that may be shaping the behaviors of their target audiences.

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Zambia Midterm Evaluation Report

Source: USAID

Year of Publication: 2013

This is the mid-term evaluation of the Communications Support for Health (CSH) project in Zambia. The project’s vision was to support Zambia’s vision of “equity of access to assured quality, cost-effective, and affordable health services as close to the family as possible.” The goals of the project include increased sustainable local capacity and positive behavior change that contribute to efforts in HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning/ reproductive health (FP/RH), maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) and nutrition.

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Zambia “Live long, Live strong” Testimonial Videos

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication: 2020

These videos were created as part of the “Life is Precious, Take Care of It” campaign supported by Breakthrough ACTION Zambia. The videos feature three HIV positive men who tell their stories and explain how they live in good health and strength due to carefully adhereing to their ART regimens. They also remind men to get tested for HIV so that they know their status and to use condoms every time they have sex.

Frances Kalonga, Farmer

Sudden Sinkamba, Footballer

Christopher Dzozi, Dancer

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Zambia Family Planning for Adolescents Video

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

This video describes the adolescent wellness aspects of the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia campaign called “Life is Precious, Take Care of It”.

The video explains the high rate of unintended pregnancy among Zambian adolescents, and asks what can be done to stop this trend.

Solutions include:

  • Encourage them to wait until they are older to have children
  • Give young people access to contraceptives
  • Practice abstinence
  • Use a condom every time they have sex, even when using other contraceptives

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Zambia Community HIV Prevention Training – Participants Handbook for Adolescents and Young Women and Their Sexual Partners

Source: USAID

Year of Publication: 2019

The Participants Handbook was created for the participants of the Community HIV Prevention Volunteers Training. Instead of giving handouts throughout the training, this handbook acts as a one-stop resource for all topics covered in the workshop. This handbook is for training for dealing with adolescents and young women and their sexual partners.

The Participants Handbook has 10 chapters which mirror the content presented in the workshop.

Participants are not expected to memorize all information related to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. Instead, participants are encouraged to take this handbook with them when they hold community meetings and refer to it when necessary. Some illustrations and photos are included.

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Zambia Community HIV Prevention Participants Handbook for Adult Priority Populations

Source: USAID

Year of Publication:

2019

The Participants Handbook was created for the participants of the Community HIV Prevention Volunteers Training. Instead of giving handouts throughout the training, this handbook acts as a one-stop resource for all topics covered in the workshop. This handbook is for training for dealing with adult priority populations such as mobile populations, non-injectable drug users, PLHIV, and discordant couples.

The Participants Handbook has 10 chapters which mirror the content presented in the workshop.

Participants are not expected to memorize all information related to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. Instead, participants are encouraged to take this handbook with them when they hold community meetings and refer to it when necessary. Some illustrations and photos are included.

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Zambia Capacity Building Strategy

Source: Chemonics

This document outlines the capacity building strategy employed by The Communications Support for Health (CSH) program, which aims to enhance the capacity of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) to manage and implement effective national health communications interventions.

It is expected that enhanced IEC/BCC management of the GRZ will translate into changes in population health related behaviors.

The document covers the program’s multi-pronged capacity building strategy that involves strengthening individuals’ performance, organizational structures, and national strategies. The steps of the capacity building process include stakeholder engagement, capacity assessment and identification of gaps and needs, formulation of capacity building plans, implementation of the plans, and monitoring/evaluation of the plans. This document also includes the plan’s conceptual framework and expected challenges.

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Your Child’s Health Depends on You

Source: Health Communication Partnership Zambia (HCP-Z) led by the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2008

This material was originally called the ‘Child Health Booklet’, and then re-titled more proactively as ‘Your Child’s Health Depends on You’.

Zambia has a Child Health Week every six months. Originally it was structured around the half-yearly Vitamin A supplementation for children under 6 years. That was expanded to include all the necessary services for children including immunizations, deworming, height and weight measurement etc.

There was a perceived need for a simple, well-illustrated booklet for the caregivers of these children, that outlined the basic behaviours that can ensure better health of their children. After some iterations, this version emerged post pretest. Translated into local languages in some provinces, this basic booklet was well received by the parents and caregivers as a reminder of information shared with them by service providers.

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Want a Healthy Mother and Baby?

Source: Chemonics

This poster is used as part of the Mothers Alive campaign in Zambia to reinforce messages given through other channels.

It promotes the 6 steps to safe motherhood to receive the benefits of a healthy mother and baby. The 6 steps include: family planning, post-delivery checkups, facility delivery, 4 antenatal visits, antenatal right away, and create a birth plan. The poster summarizes the messages from the other posters in the Mothers Alive set.

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Want a Healthy and Happy Family? Use Family Planning Today [Poster]

Source: Chemonics

This poster is used as part of the Mothers Alive campaign to reinforce messages given through other channels. The poster promotes family planning through proper spacing of pregnancies. Specifically, it mentions that waiting two years between pregnancies is optimal for the health of the mother and the children.

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