Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health founded the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in 1988 to focus attention on the central role that communication plays in health behavior change. CCP is a leader in strategic communication programs and materials addressing a broad range of health issues, including malaria, child health, tuberculosis, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and safe motherhood. CCP also successfully adapts its health communication strategies to help preserve environmental resources and improve democracy and governance in developing countries. CCP envisions a world in which communication saves lives, improves health, and enhances well being.

CCP’s mission is to partner with organizations worldwide to develop strategic communication programs that influence individual behavior, social norms, and the socio-political environment; share knowledge and experience by encouraging and enhancing flows of knowledge and information around the world; and conduct research to guide program design, evaluate impact, test theories, and advance the field.

With a staff of approximately 500 in the field and at Baltimore headquarters, CCP programs are active in more than 30 developing countries as well as North America. CCP leads the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) and the Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) project. CCP receives support from private foundations, UN agencies, corporations, bilateral agencies, international and local NGOs, and, especially, the U.S. Agency for International Development.