Summary of the second phase of the CARISMA programme, including success from CARISMA I, and plans and activities for CARISMA II, which intends to broaden the scope of the programme and encompass sexual and repoductive health. Also summarises the future regional activities planned across the Ca ...

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 This Research Brief presents regional Condom Market Data, including sales and distribution, across 13 PANCAP countries, collected between 2005 and 2008

Summary of the CARISMA Total Market Approach (TMA) programme, whose aim is to expand condom access and availability for the poorest and highest-risk groups while simultaneously increasing condom demand and use across the public, private, NGO and social marketing sectors. Explains how TMA works, and  ...

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In 2009, CARISMA commissioned a study of the Dominican Republic’s (DR) condom market. The study was conducted by Euromonitor International. This document presents conclusions and implications of the research. This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of the condom market in the D ...

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  This is a presentation given by CARISMA Team Leader, Chris Brady at the PANCAP/GTZ Project Development Workshop in March 2010. The presentation focussed on Multi-Country Experiences working with Migrants in the Caribbean concentrating on Spanish-Speaking CSW's in Eastern Caribbean, Haitians ...

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How a Brand was Born: The Story of Got it? Get it. This publication explains the process behind the development of a category campaign by one of CARISMA's partners PSI Caribbean (PSI/C) and their brand Got It? Get It.  The publication tells the story of what PSI/C learned in the process and  ...

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  The objective of this study was to assess whether providing a choice of condoms would increase condom acceptability, increase self-reported use, and decrease the incidence of sexually transmitted infection in Jamaica. Results showed that participants in the group had a strong preference for ...

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This report summarizes key findings from qualitative and quantitive studies conducted under CARISMA I by social marketing organisations' (SMOs) in Jamaica, Haiti, Eastern Caribbean, Belize and Dominican Republic. The focus of the report is to address issues such as access to condoms, including condo ...

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This report captures learning derived from the use of Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research (PEER) with four social marketing organisations (SMOs) over the first phase of the CARISMA programme. The work shows how rapid, innovative research methods can be used to support SMOs in deliveri ...

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  Between 2005 and 2008, CARISMA Phase I was implemented across 13 PANCAP countries and territories This Research Brief summarises results from Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research (PEER) studies conducted during this phase of the programme

  This document provides an overall summary of the CARISMA I Programme, its goals and objectives, expected outcomes and partner agencies. This document also outlines the regional social marketing organisations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Belize , Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean that w ...

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This document summarises the work of CARISMA partners in implementing behaviour change communication (BCC) campaigns. The report highlights various types of BCC intiatives including those engaging specific target populations such as migrants, sex workers and youth as well as the issues affecting eac ...

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