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

Rhythm of Life Music and Health Festival – Zambia

Source: Johns Hopkins University CCP, MoH Zambia and partners with support from the United States Agency for International Development

Year of Publication:

2009

“Rhythm of Life” is Zambia’s first music festival and health fair developed under the Health Communication Partnership, a six-year project funded by USAID, which provided family planning, reproductive health and maternal and child health service, HIV counseling and testing, counseling and referral for male circumcision, malaria testing, and other health counseling services.

Bringing together the top musicians in Zambia in a training to be Health Ambassadors, this effort also led up to a “We are the World”-style music video and performance that included all the artists in a wildly popular song called “Rhythm of Life” featuring the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi. The lyrics of the song are about taking responsibility for your own health.

Links to the songs are as follows: