Topic Area: HIV and AIDS

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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 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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U-Report Zambia

Source: UNICEF

Year of Publication:

2018

Zambia U-Report platform provides confidential, free of charge, individualized and interactive counseling services on HIV and STIs to adolescents and youth.

In addition to the SMS counseling, polls are conducted periodically to get the opinions of young people. The platform enables tailored SMS demand creation for available services, and referral to the U-Reporter’s closest location for HIV Testing and Counseling, Voluntary Medicalised Male Circumcision and Anti-Retroviral Treatment.

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Traveler [TV Spot]

Source: Chemonics

This TV spot is part of the Safe Love campaign, a comprehensive HIV prevention campaign that addresses key drivers of HIV/AIDS in Zambia, including multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships, low and inconsistent condom use, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The 30 second spot is about a man who travels for work and has a mistress that he visits when he travels. The narrator asks if he has thought about HIV. The spot includes the slogan “Think Talk Act.” In a rapid survey of the Safe Love Campaign conducted in May 2012, it was shown that 66.5% of respondents were exposed to the Safe Love campaigns, 56% learned at least one message from the campaigns, 39% reported changing their sexual behavior as a result of the campaign, 91% felt that Safe Love messages were relevant for Zambians, and 93% reported that they had a positive reaction to the campaign’s messages.

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This is Tracy… But This is Not Her Father [Billboard]

Source: Chemonics

This billboard is part of the Safe Love campaign, a comprehensive HIV prevention campaign that addresses key drivers of HIV/AIDS in Zambia, including multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships, low and inconsistent condom use, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The billboard encourages people to think about HIV and the “sugar daddy” problem of older men having sex with young girls, with the text “This is Tracy… but this is not her father. Have you thought about HIV?” And includes the slogan, “Think. Talk. Act.” In a rapid survey of the Safe Love Campaign conducted in May 2012, it was shown that 66.5% of respondents were exposed to the Safe Love campaigns, 56% learned at least one message from the campaigns, 39% reported changing their sexual behavior as a result of the campaign, 91% felt that Safe Love messages were relevant for Zambians, and 93% reported that they had a positive reaction to the campaign’s messages.

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Tikambe (Let’s Talk About It): Discussion Guide

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2005

Tikambe is a video that tackles HIV Stigma and Discrimination as well as care and support in Zambia, through real testimonials.

This discussion guide accompanies the video and helps with facilitating a discussion and imparting important information about HIV that is consistent and correct.

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Tikambe

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2003

‘Tikambe’ (Let’s Talk About It) is a video which explores how HIV-related stigma and discrimination is affecting the lives of Zambians.

The video provides a personal and compelling portrait of people who are both ordinary and extraordinary. They are average families like any other but they are extraordinary in their candidness, strength and courage to share their deeply personal experiences to help others. These are real stories and those featured are not actors. This documentary video features actual profiles of two Zambia families. It is accompanied by a discussion guide to help facilitate discussion and inform viewers, ideally a group, after the video is watched. This video won a Silver Medal at the New York film festival in 2002.

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