Tagged with: health
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'How to' films help refugees eat more healthily
Maurice Aaek
Senior Trainer and Content Manager, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
Refugees, nutritionists and film-makers created a series of short βhow toβ films to help Syrians living in tough conditions in Lebanon pull together quick, simple, affordable and healthy meals for their families.
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A tribute to Om Prakash Puri
Devika Bahl
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action, India
Veteran Indian actor, Om Puri, who passed away last week, fronted our HIV and AIDS drama series, Jasoos Vijay β helping make it one of Indiaβs most watched TV shows of its time. Devika Bahl, creative director for the series shares fond memories of an exceptional man.
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Kakalliya: The rapping granny
Chibuike Utaka
Head of Factual, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action Nigeria
Granny-power hits the airwaves to help improve the health of mothers and babies in northern Nigeria.
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Somalia: one of the toughest places to give birth in the world
Mohammed A. Gaas
Deputy Country Director, Somalia
A tribute to Amran Mahad, lead actress in Maalmo Dhaama Maanta (A Better Life than Today), an interactive drama helping young people to talk about both the opportunities and the obstacles that they face in Somalia. She died 3 November 2016 following complications during childbirth.
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Coming out about indoor pollution in Ethiopia
Andrey Vladov
Executive Editor
A new radio drama is helping improve peopleβs health in Ethiopia by drawing attention to the harmful effects of traditional ways of cooking, heating and lighting homes.
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I have 140 friends, and I speak to them nearly every day
Caroline Chukwura
Media Resource Officer, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action, Nigeria.
A group of 140 volunteers provide valuable feedback about our radio programmes in Nigeria. Caroline Chukwura, who talks to them by text, phone and email, shares some of their stories.
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The TV drama helping improve the health of garment factory workers in Bangladesh on their lunch break.
Dr Faisal Mahmud
Project Director, Health
Garment factory workers in Bangladesh are watching screenings of a health drama during their lunch breaks to help improve their β and their childrenβs health.
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How a volunteer journalist used radio to combat cholera in Kenya
Mark Okundi
Broadcast mentor
Passing on skills to a new generation of broadcast journalists is helping save lives in Kenya. Mark explains how a fresh-faced volunteer single-handedly developed a radio programme designed to tackle cholera.
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How can media and communication improve your health?
Emebet Wuhib-Mutungi
Health Adviser
βWhen have you taken steps to improve your health as a result of something you read or heard in the media or talking to someone?β asks an activity in a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action health workshop exploring the complexities of behaviour change.
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Helping communities to make Naija better
Uche Joy Nnogo
Talk Your Own Producer
A small community in Nigeria is demanding better services to protect their children from diarrhoea. Joy Nnogo, of radio show Talk Your Own β Make Naija Better, shares their story.
