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Asha’s story: stopping polio in its tracks
For our radio show about polio vaccination, our producer in Somalia recently met an inspiring woman who – at the age of 70 – is vaccinating people against preventable diseases.
Zambia Elections 2016 – championing live TV debate
In an election campaign dominated by personality politics, a national TV debate featuring key presidential contenders in the Zambian general election presented a rare opportunity for people to directly question candidates and hear about their plans for Zambia’s future.
Coming home for the first time
BBC Media Action advisor Aida Kaisy's visit to support public service broadcasting in Iraq was also her first ever trip to her parents’ native city of Baghdad.
Gambo, the radio show superfan
How a radio show’s ultimate fan is helping improve maternal health in Nigeria.
Rape in Sierra Leone: breaking the silence
BBC Media Action's Alpha Kamara on how two radio shows threw the spotlight on sexual violence in Sierra Leone, gathering government support for victims and reflecting shifting public attitudes towards the issue.
This is Our Voice: helping women press for progress in Sierra Leone
Radio programme Dis Na Wi Voice (This is Our Voice) is reaching marginalized groups, helping them tackle and overcome the issues they're facing - whether it's how to reach their political aspirations, or tackling the barriers to their fight for equality.
The inspiring young female construction worker helping reconstruct earthquake-hit villages in Nepal.
Sharada’s village in Nepal was destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake in April 2015. In the aftermath she helped her neighbours rebuild their shattered homes and – with the help of a radio programme – went on to become one of a small number of professional female masons in the country.
The business of bringing up a child is everybody’s business
In celebration of 500 episodes on air, we look back at some of the successes of our maternal health radio show in Nigeria, Ya Take ne Arewa (What's Up in the North) - and explain why we see her as a grandmother.
In fear of stepping on Museveni’s tail
The editor of Kampala’s Observer newspaper on the pressures facing Uganda’s free and independent media.
Period talk in South Sudan: community volunteers inspire change for women and girls
‘Let’s Talk About Us’ is our factual 15-minute radio programme that aims to dispel common misconceptions about sexual and reproductive health, to tell people’s stories – both positive and negative - and feature health experts.
Tackling fear of Ebola on the airwaves
How BBC Media Action in Sierra Leone is using media during the Ebola crisis, and working to counteract the stigmatisation of survivors.
Media at scale during a pandemic – COVID-19 in Nigeria
Almost one year on since the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Nigeria, our country director reflects on the impact of BBC Media Action Nigeria’s mass media programming and the work still to come on tackling vaccine hesitancy and a worrying 'second wave'.
Brave girls valiantly stopping child marriages in Bangladesh
Seven inspiring girls, who were 13 or 14 years-old, featured in our popular radio programme Hello Check! They had formed an organisation called 'Ghashforing' (Grasshoppers) to help prevent child marriages taking place in Bangladesh.
Youth show launches for Burma
As the media landscape starts to shift, presenter Thang Kim talks about an exciting new radio for young people.
A dramatic approach to Ebola
Mary Kolu Massaquoi has drawn on her experience in healthcare and radio production to help shape a new BBC Media Action radio drama designed to improve knowledge about Ebola in West Africa.
With Her: breaking barriers to education for girls in South Sudan
On International Day of the Girl, find out how a radio programme helped a schoolgirl in South Sudan avoid early marriage and return to school by changing the attitude of her grandfather.
How coronavirus changed media training in Sierra Leone - for good
Our journalism mentors had been preparing a new training course for our radio partners on communicating in health emergencies, when the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Sierra Leone they had to adapt fast to deliver virtual training - and with limited connectivity and inconsistent power supply.
