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How media is helping during Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
Mursal Abrar, Mahdi Zaki, Carolynne Wheeler
BBC Media Action
Our head of communications, Carolynne Wheeler, caught up with our Afghanistan project manager, Mursal Abrar, and our Afghanistan research manager, Mahdi Zaki, to learn about our project focused on nutrition with the World Food Programme.
'It was as if the moon had landed on the Earth' - working through turmoil in Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi
Country Director, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi is BBC Media Action’s country director in Afghanistan and this year’s BBC News Leader of the Year. Here, he speaks of the changes his team has endured since the Taliban took over the country and how they are responding to an increasingly grave humanitarian crisis.
Handwashing with soap for health - our work in Afghanistan during COVID-19
Mursal Abrar
Humanitarian project manager, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Water, sanitation and good hygiene - including handwashing with soap - is critical to better health, and to helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. Our humanitarian project manager, Mursal Abrar, reflects on her experience in hygiene behaviour change.
A tale of two crises in Nepal
Bhuwan Timilsina
Project Manager, BBC Media Action, Nepal
Our Lifeline radio programme Milijuli Nepali (Together Nepal) was created to respond to the earthquakes in 2015, it later supported people in Nepal to rebuild and reconstruct their lives and homes - now it is relaunching to deliver vital health information about COVID-19.
Preparing for Cyclone Amphan in the COVID-19 pandemic
Richard Lace
Country Director, BBC Media Action Bangladesh
Nearly a million Rohingya people still live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Having survived terrible violence, they now face the dual threats of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, and flooding and landslides from Cyclone Amphan.
Audience research in the time of COVID-19
Sonia Whitehead
Head of Research
At BBC Media Action, audiences are at the heart of everything we do. To understand our audiences and our impact, our work begins and ends with research – and this remains true even in a time of crisis. Hear from our Head of Research, Sonia Whitehead, about how we're adapting to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 ‘info-demic’: A view from Bangladesh
Kate Gunn
Senior Project Manager, BBC Media Action Bangladesh
Rumours, mis- and dis-information about COVID-19 are spreading rapidly and can be almost as harmful as the virus itself. Hear from our Senior Project Manager, Kate Gunn, about the latest developments from our new global communications initiative tackling the COVID-19 'info-demic'
Our top 10 tips for media in the COVID-19 ‘info-demic’
Genevieve Hutchinson
Senior Health Advisor, Advisory & Policy Team
Rumours and mis- and dis-information, including false cures and the disease’s spread, can be as harmful as the virus itself. Here are our top tips for media reporting on public health emergencies to help make sure audiences are informed, connected to the services they need, and inspired to cope.
How can media help? Research from six humanitarian crises.
Nicola Bailey
Research manager
To coincide with World Humanitarian Day, BBC Media Action has launched a new humanitarian microsite, sharing data from six humanitarian evaluations to build the evidence base on how media can help people affected by crises.
