Tagged with: health
Posts (82)
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Can we improve women's health without improving their status?
Laura Smethurst
Research Manager, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's latest research found that womenβs lack of power is a consistent barrier to improve women's health in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Sudan and India.
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Reaching out a friendly hand
Farhana Islam
Script Co-ordinator, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action in Bangladesh
A new TV show in Bangladesh is using a drama rooted in real life to provide advice to pregnant women and their families.
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"I canβt wait to use Mobile Kunji!"
Rajesh Jamuar
State Project Manager for Odisha, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action in India
Community health workers in Odisha, India are the latest to be trained to use an award-winning mobile health service Mobile Kunji from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action to improve family health.
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Life and death discussions in Bihar
Peter Horrocks
Director, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Global News
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's Chair and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Global News Director Peter Horrocks on how a radio programme is inspiring life-changing debate amongst families in the villages of Bihar, northern India.
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Making it stick: training that works
Fiona Ledger
Executive Editor, Radio, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action in Myanmar
Fiona Ledger, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's senior production manager in Ethiopia, talks about how to make training workshops that have a lasting impact β and deliver impressive results.
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βDidi, please donβt let Mehendi die!β
Radharani Mitra
National Creative Director and Executive Director in India for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's Radharani Mitra on how fans of show Khirki Mehendiwali (βMehendi Opens A Windowβ),Β a radio health show in India, came together for a special event in Bhopal β and begged for another series of the programme. Β Β
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A breath of fresh air
Shefali Chaturvedi
Associate Producer, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action in India
Shefali Chaturvedi on how a radio programme opens a window to provide "life-saving oxygen" for isolated villagers in Madhya Pradesh in India.Β
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Sema Kenya on traditions and taboos
Jackie Christie
Senior Production Manager, Kenya and Somalia
Sema Kenya's senior production manager on how the latest episode of Kenyaβs TV debate show explored how traditions can both help and hinder development β and put the sensitive issue of FGM/C under the spotlight.
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Health innovation: how to spread new ideas fast?
Yvonne MacPherson and Caroline Sugg
Executive Director, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action USA and Head of Advisory and Policy Team, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
A focus on βpeople talking to peopleβ ignores the complementary role of other forms of communication in improving health in the developing world, argues ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's Yvonne MacPherson and Caroline Sugg.
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'Juba Idol': a music competition with a difference
Daniel Realkuy Awad Barnaba
Senior producer and trainer, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action in South Sudan
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action's senior producer Daniel Barnaba on how his team in South Sudan competed to write songs for a radio programme that aims to improve family health.
