Namibia

Strengthening Capacity in SBCC Programming

C-Change’s efforts in Namibia focus on strengthening the social and behavior change communication (SBCC) capacity of national and implementing partners in HIV prevention. This includes strengthening their skills in development of SBCC strategies that use mass media and interpersonal communication, moving beyond increasing knowledge and numbers of persons reached, and placing the emphasis on developing quality programs that are aimed at changing the behaviors that drive the HIV epidemic. C-Change works to strengthen capacities in program strategy and design, program implementation and SBCC-related monitoring and evaluation surrounding specific behaviors -- abstinence and/or being faithful; the use of condoms; HIV testing; sexual risk behaviors (multiple concurrent partnerships, cross-generational sex, transactional sex, and alcohol use and abuse); and male circumcision.
 

SBCC Tools Developed

C-Change has developed, tested, and applied an SBCC Capacity Assessment Tool in a participatory process with civil society and private sector PEPFAR partners that implement HIV prevention programs. C-Change has also developed an SBCC Strategy Template, a set of Behavioral Questionnaires and Data Entry tools. It has provided training and individual technical assistance to partners to develop SBCC strategies to improve the quality, strategic focus, and M&E of their prevention programs in communities and workplaces. The program assists partners with the collection of behavioral baseline data, developing behavior change communication/information, education, communication (BCC/IEC) tools, and Training of Trainers (TOT) related to the drivers of the epidemic. 

At the national level, C-Change is an active member of technical working groups on HIV prevention, assisting the development of the National Prevention Strategy and driver-specific SBCC strategies. C-Change also supports strengthening behavior change approaches within the mainstreaming of HIV and AIDS programs carried out by government ministries.