Topic Area: Family Planning and Reproductive Health

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“Hooked” Comic Series for Family Planning

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

“Hooked” is a comic series which was part of the National Family Health Campaign in Zambia which runs once per week on the campaign’s Facebook page and follows the life and interactions of young women and men in a college setting. It discusses family planning, condom use, HIV testing, and malaria prevention, among other health topics.

A PDF with all of the episodes is attached.

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Girls and Growing Up

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

A brochure about puberty for girls. Covers topics such as: “What’s happening to my body?” “That time of the month,” “Ovulation,” “Menstruation,” “Zits, spots and pimples,” and “Survive Puberty.”

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Family Planning for Parents [Radio Spot]

Source: Chemonics

This radio spot was used as part of the Mothers Alive campaign to show parents that spacing and having fewer children helps ensure their children’s health and education. The spot is a conversation between a husband and wife discussing the benefits of having only three children and spacing them at least two years apart. The spot emphasizes that a big family is not necessarily a better family, and encourages parents to plan their families by using the method that is best for them.

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Family Planning for Men [Radio Spot]

Source: Chemonics

This radio spot was used as part of the Mothers Alive campaign to encourage men to get involved in family planning decisions. The spot highlights a man speaking to his friends about his new child’s upcoming birth. His friends suggest he should have many children, but one of the men suggests that being a “big man” does not mean having a big family, rather it means having the number of children one can support. The first man then agrees to consider keeping his family size smaller.

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Family Planning Counselling Kit

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, WHO, UNFPA, USAID, HSSP

Year of Publication:

2009

A guide to family planning counseling for service providers. There are pages with large illustrations for the client, and information / counseling guidelines for the service provider. The guide covers information about female and male reproductive systems, counseling men, counseling young people, post abortion care, double protection, emergency contraception, abstinence, the male condom, the female condom, oral contraceptives, injectable contraceptives, lactational amenorrhea method, natural family planning, implants, tubal ligation, the IUD, and vasectomy.

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Family Planning for Adolescents [Radio Spot]

Source: Chemonics

This radio spot was used as part of the Mothers Alive campaign to help married adolescents recognize the importance of family planning. An aunt and mother visit a young bride. The mother pressures the young woman to have a baby, but her aunt advises that waiting to have children by using family planning is better for the health of the mother and the happiness of the family. The young bride agrees and decides to learn more about family planning.

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Diva Centres Project, Zambia

Source: IDEO, Marie Stopes Zambia

Year of Publication:

2016

A teens-only approach to contraception is getting girls the services they need to make the choices that are right for them.

In Zambia, a radical new approach to contraception is giving adolescent girls the information and services they need to make their own choices and take control of their futures. At the Diva Centres, girls do their nails while having informal conversations about boys and sex. They hang out with friends, learn about contraception in their own terms from trained peers, and, when they’re ready, receive counseling and access to a variety of short and long-term birth control methods in a safe and judgment-free environment from a trained professional. In this safe environment, girls begin to connect birth control with their future aspirations and get the information they need to make smart decisions from a safe and trusted resource.

By taking a human-centered approach, and spending weeks immersed in the lives and aspirations of Zambian teens, the team designed a multi-touchpoint approach to getting girls the contraception they need.

For girls who visited one of the three Diva Centres, 82% got contraceptive services and 36% returned for another visit.

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Dissemination Event of Breakthrough ACTION Zambia

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

The Breakthrough ACTION Zambia Project developed and disseminated implementation handover packages for Adolescent Wellness Days, Men’s Wellness Days, Ni Zii, GMTk, Emergency Planning Prompt, Co-Created Guidelines and Feedback Mechanism innovations to stakeholders. These packages were disseminated at an event in September 2020.

This is a recording of the event.

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Breakthrough ACTION Zambia: Testimonial Videos

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

These three videos, featuring Bernard, a preacher, Norah a comunity health worker, and Chief Shabila, offer three different perspectives on the work of the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia project, and were created at the end of the project as part of the closing activities.

Each speaks about why he or she became involved in community health work, what they do for the community, and what it means to them.

Pastor Bernard Handabile Hamwwanza

Norah Mwashilowe

Chief Shabila Amos Mbulo

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BA Zambia Implementation Package: Ni Zii!: A Toolkit for Implementors

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

This package is part of a set of implementation packages designed by the Breakthrough ACTION Zambia team.

The Ni Zii! package is designed to address the following behavioral challenges:

  • Men who engage in risky behaviors do not get tested regularly for HIV
  • Adolescents who engage in risky behaviors do not get tested regularly for HIV
  • Men want to avoid HIV but do not use condoms every time they have sex
  • Adolescents want to avoid HIV and unintended pregnancy but do not use condoms every time they have sex
  • Adolescents want to avoid unintended pregnancy but do not use modern contraceptive methods
  • Providers do not offer HIV testing, condom provision, or family planning in a private, confidential setting
  • Providers do not offer quality, youth-responsive family planning services to all adolescents

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