Media and Global Health

From Information to Action

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2011

Author(s):
Internews

Internews evidence shows that media development interventions can contribute to policy changes and accountability and can mobilize communities towards better health outcomes. The media play a vital role in communicating health information that can help save lives.

Internews believes local media is an under-utilized tool in public health strategies. Establishing, supporting, and enhancing local information platforms can contribute significantly to health-seeking behavior and community mobilization around health issues.

Author(s):

Internews

Saturday, October 1, 2011

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Media and Global Health

Documentaries Help Rwandans Make Decisions About Their Health

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Before viewing the documentary, men like Théoneste Gakwaya had doubts. “I heard the information on the radio; that there are methods of birth control for men, that there are veins which get cut. But I would like to hear the testimony of someone who has done it in order to be reas-sured that one keeps being a real man.”

“When my wife told me that this was a program that concerns men, I did not accept it at first. I had some doubts, because it was the first time I had heard of it,” said Jean Damascène Nemeyabahizi from Kigogo. Read more »
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KABUL — Amina Azimi was just a young girl when a rocket-propelled grenade crashed into her home and exploded, severing her right leg.

Like many Afghans with similar disabilities, Azimi fretted over her future, knowing the hardships she would face in a country where the disabled are often discriminated against in schools and the workplace. That is, when they can find a job.

"After it happened I thought I was useless and the rest of my life meaningless," she says, recalling the attack some 15 years ago during the height of the Afghan civil war. Read more »