The ECN originated under the coordination of the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative project led by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in response to the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak. The ECN is now curated and maintained by Breakthrough ACTION and supported by contributions from those working globally and locally in the response to Ebola.
Breakthrough ACTION is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead their SBC programming around the world. Breakthrough ACTION is a partnership led by CCP in collaboration with Save the Children, ThinkPlace, ideas42, Camber Collective, International Center for Research on Women, and Viamo.