Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in July 2014, UNICEF …

The ongoing outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa is the largest on record; it has
undermined already fragile healthcare systems and presented new challenges to contain the …

Community engagement is crucial for controlling disease outbreak and mitigating natural
and industrial disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic has reconfirmed the need to elevate …

Practitioners of development communication often set out to change the behaviour of people
reached in the projects they undertake. The behaviour may range from getting farmers to …

This chapter provides an overarching conceptual framework that sets the tone for the case
studies and the concluding chapter in this book. We discuss key communication and …

In response to a number of growing global health challenges, New York University and
UNICEF designed a Behavioral Communication Strategies for Global Epidemics course that …

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only exposed but also increased inequities in social
determinants and health outcomes [1]. Prior to the pandemic, systemic differences within and …

In May 2016, the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) was hosted
for its 22nd World Conference by ABRASCO (Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva) …

… Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH Erma Manoncourt, PhD … Erma Manoncourt, PhD, works
in the Programme Division of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York. …

Background There is a seeming lack within the public health fields of both research and
practice of information sharing across so-called “silos of work”. Many professionals in the public …