Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be in Niger and Nigeria this week, following a visit to China, to discuss global health and development with national and local leaders, foundation partners, grantees, scientists, and young innovators. The visit is part of the Gates Foundation’s commitment to work closely with communities […]
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The first African Social Marketing Association Conference with the theme “THE FUTURE IS FUSION”, was significantly tied to the conference’s mission of giving SBC its pride of place and getting the voice of SBC and Social Marketing (SM) practitioners heard. The Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI) was proud to support the first African
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We often see SBC as a means to an end when it often is the lubricant that fast tracks change. Curate your approach through the equity lens not leaving out the dimensions of ethics and power. In the future CCSI plans to consolidate its expertise around other SDG areas of relevance while continuing to serve
The Federal government has been urged to scale up efforts at ensuring more Nigerian women and girls have improved access to healthcare services especially those in rural and hard-to-reach communities and those living with disabilities. The Executive Director, Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), Babafunke Fagbemi made the call in Abuja at the Voices for Women’s Health stakeholder
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Through a Social Behaviour Change Communication campaign, communities in Gashua, Bade local government area of Yobe state are creating awareness on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to stop the trachoma epidemic. Early one morning in January 2023, the women of Lawan Fannami community in Gashua, in Bade local government area of Yobe state gathered to
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