Aiisseee! (I Say!) Game Show Health Topics and Communication Objectives

Aiisseee! (“I Say!”) is a television and radio-based game show designed to improve couple communication and promote couple connectedness by giving contestants and listeners the chance to discuss serious relationship issues in a humorous way. In these programs, couples answer questions to see how well they know their partners. The programs are a project of the Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP).

The show acts as a platform for conversations about HIV prevention, maternal and child health, and family planning, using a subtle yet provocative approach to create a comfortable forum for addressing hard-to-discuss issues in a non-confrontational way.

This chart was used in the design process, to lay out the program’s health topics and each topic’s communication objectives.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Aiisseee! (I Say!) TV Game Show

Aiisseee! (“I Say!”) is a television and radio-based game show designed to improve couple communication and promote couple connectedness by giving contestants and listeners the chance to discuss serious relationship issues in a humorous way. In these programs, couples answer questions to see how well they know their partners.

The programs are a project of the Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project (TCCP).

The show acts as a platform for conversations about HIV prevention, maternal and child health, and family planning, using a subtle yet provocative approach to create a comfortable forum for addressing hard-to-discuss issues in a non-confrontational way.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

ChezaSalama

ChezasSalama.com is an interactive website in Kiswahili and English which delivers facts about sexual and reproductive health and lifestyle in a fresh, youthful and colourful way.

The Kiswahili name “Chezasalama” stands for “play it safe” or “play safe”. Designed for, and by, Tanzanian youth aged between 12-24 years, The website covers topics such as falling in love, having sex, condoms, drug use and gender-based violence to the latest in the “bongo flava” music scene. The website takes an Entertaiinment Education approach, and the virtual space is open and anonymous so that youth feel comfortable having discussions on taboo issues such as masturbation and sex, sexual orientation, puberty, pregnancy and contraceptives.

The site attracts not only the target group, but also teachers and parents -with 70% of respondents indicating that they are aged 24 -30 years (above the age of the intended target).

Source: Femina Hip

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Fema and Ruka Juu na TV Shows

Fema TV Talk Show is a talk show for and by youth, reinforcing and complimenting messages communicated in other Femina HIP products. The 30-minute, weekly show in Swahili is broadcast nationally on ITV and TBC1. The show’s young hosts invite young people, experts, celebrities, and politicians to discuss critical, and sometimes controversial, issues relating to youth lifestyles. Increasingly, the shows are shot on location in rural areas allowing a wider public to share their experiences and giving voice to young people and communities who generally do not have the opportunity to access the airwaves. Interactivity is encouraged through SMS and email. Organisations can access copies of the show for use in their community activities.

Broadcast between the March 12 and May 23 2011, Ruka Juu na Fema TV Show was a reality television show to encourage young people in Tanzania to develop entrepreneurial skills. The debut season of Ruka Juu ran for 11 weeks, following six young Tanzanian micro-entrepreneurs as their skills were put to the test with a series of challenges. The show is part of Femina’s economic empowerment agenda focusing on entrepreneurship, business skills, and financial literacy, and was funded by Sir Ronald Grierson, AON and The Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT). Ruka Juu is a Swahili expression for ‘jump up’ and refers to Femina’s economic empowerment agenda. Ruka Juu has become Femina’s motto to encourage youth to ‘Jump Up and build their lives!’

Source: Femina Hip

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Getting to Zero: Brochures

Tanzania took upon itself a goal to eliminate new HIV infections in children and keeping their mothers alive by 2015. This campaign, Getting to Zero, involved the cooperation of many different sectors and stakeholders. These brochures explain the goals of the campaign and how the country intends to carry it out.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Not Every Fever is Malaria – Posters

This SBCC campaign in Tanzania was aimed at teaching parents and service providers that it is not correct to treat every child with a fever with malaria treatment, making the assumption that having a fever means that the patient has malaria. The campaign was aimed at educating the general public and the health community. Attached is one file with two posters, one for service providers and one for parents.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019