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‘Together we can do it’: an action-packed festival
A festival in Bangladesh is using a colourful mix of music, performance and live demonstrations to help communities prepare against extreme weather.
Bangladesh TV drama to tackle antenatal care
Md. Al Mamun, Senior Research Officer in Bangladesh for BBC Media Action, on how his research supports combining TV programmes with information via mobile phones to encourage more pregnant women to take up routine health-checks.
"Loss and damage from climate change": a view from Bangladesh
After rich nations' pledge to compensate poorer countries at the Doha climate change talks, BBC Media Action's senior research officer reflects on the realities facing his country.
“I want my voice to be heard” – how young radio co-hosts are pushing for gender equality in Sierra Leone
Our young guest co-hosts spark conversations about the everyday difficulties and imbalances that most affect them, and how they would like those around them to stand with them on calling out these issues.
Myanmar elections: using media to inform and empower
How a youth radio show and journalism training have been giving people a voice in the run-up to this month’s historic polls.
A fictional death that saves real lives
Angela Githitho Muriithi, presents new BBC Media Action research showing how a radio drama – which used the death of a fictional baby to save real babies’ lives – is improving child health and nutrition in Somalia.
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.
Love in the time of Ebola
BBC Media Action’s US Director on the challenge of prioritising and measuring the intangible in global health crises.
Health innovation: how to spread new ideas fast?
A focus on “people talking to people” ignores the complementary role of other forms of communication in improving health in the developing world, argues BBC Media Action's Yvonne MacPherson and Caroline Sugg.
The TV drama helping improve the health of garment factory workers in Bangladesh on their lunch break.
Garment factory workers in Bangladesh are watching screenings of a health drama during their lunch breaks to help improve their – and their children’s health.
Developing media after civil war: How BBC Media Action is working to support South Sudan's media
Garang Abraham Malak, training coordinator for BBC Media Action's Life in Lulu, talks about how the project is supporting local media partners to survive in an industry at serious risk of collapse.
Loy9: a youth show grows up
The interactive team manager looks back on the first year of broadcasting Cambodia’s multimedia youth show
Women making waves: It’s time to take us seriously says radio station mentee
This International Women’s Day, our mentor Chishaba in Zambia shares the inspiring story of Patricia, a news editor for a local radio station. She is one of a growing number of women in management in an industry which - in Zambia, as elsewhere – has traditionally been dominated by men.
‘Why I’m helping protect pregnant women from malaria in Sierra Leone’
On World Malaria Day, hear from Eastina Massaquoi, the presenter of radio programme Tawa Fo Welbodi (which means “Determined for Health”). By applying what we learned during the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis, the programme aims to beat malaria in Sierra Leone.
By bike, by bus and by boat: Our Ebola radio show’s incredible bi-weekly journey across Sierra Leone.
Getting life-saving radio shows about Ebola on air across Sierra Leone takes nerves, ingenuity and a fleet of volunteers willing to hike, bike and sail across the country. Paul Massaquoi explains.
The 15km road to accountability
How hard questions during a radio show are making sure a road is built for a village in Zambia.
“Gifts and lifts”: one reason girls drop out of school in South Sudan
In South Sudan, a radio programme is asking what can be done to help girls finish their education, in particular those who drop out after starting relationships with older men.
Using radio to tackle stigma and pain
Alice Mbelwa looks at how a radio show helped a woman in Tanzania free herself from the stigma and pain associated with obstetric fistula, a condition caused by complications during childbirth.
Radio show 'hatches' a plan
Listening to radio programme Nyakati Zinabadilika (Times are Changing) inspired three young unemployed men to approach the district veterinary officer, helping them to start a chicken farm in Tanzania.
Extending the reach of BBC Janala
The personalised multi-media English course which teaches by any means possible - via mobile phone, a TV show, newspapers, CDs, and leaflets.
