Radio Health Program Promotional Materials

The Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP-I) was a six-year (2002-2007) bilateral activity of United States Agency for International Development, Nepal (USAID/N) with the Government of Nepal. Its overall goal was to support the Government’s long-term goal of reducing fertility and under-five mortality within the context of the National Health Policy and Second Long-Term Health Plan 1997-2017.

In order to increase Radio Health Program (RHP) listenership, promotional materials were designed and disseminated to the selected audiences who participated in the unit quiz of Distance Education (DE) or Drama Serial (DS) radio programs and gave the correct answer to the questions asked through lottery system in all three phases of RHP.

The promotional materials included an umbrella, flashlight, table clock, cap, bag, pen and copy with printed of RHP logo and program airing time. This small token of appreciation has been a motivating factor among the audiences to listen to the programs regularly and send their concerns, expression, thoughts and opinions in the forms of letters.

An overwhelming number of letters that the program received from the audiences demonstrated high popularity of the programs among the audiences. During the three years of RHP a total of 54,311 letters were received from DE and DS audiences from 54 districts of the country.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: December 11, 2019

Stand Proud, Get Circumcised

This was an initiative to provide safe male circumcision (SMC) as an essential health service. The initiative sought to increase the number of circumcised men by educating the population about safe male circumcision, increasing the number of health facilities that provide circumcision services and equipping health providers with the necessary skills to conduct the procedure.

The multi-channel the Safe Male Circumcision campaign was launched in late 2011 with the following objectives:

  • To create awareness and provide necessary information on safe male circumcision services
  • To help people make informed decisions about safe male circumcision and HIV prevention
  • To increase demand and promote uptake of SMC in Uganda

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: June 15, 2019

Pocket Booklet: Champions, Change Agents, and Positive Male Role Models

This booklet serves as a one-stop resource for all key facts and messages on all the topics covered in the Facilitator’s Guide for Community Dialogue.

HIV Champions, Change Agents, and Positive MRMs are not expected to memorize all information related to HIV prevention, testing, or treatment. Instead, they are encouraged to take this booklet with them when they do their community meetings and provide advocacy as a reference to pass standard but high-level messages. Some illustrations and pictures are included for simplicity. All cultural communications cadres are encouraged to use this Pocket Booklet during meetings, advocacy activities, and any HIV-related conversations in the community.

Source: USAID

Date of Publication: April 18, 2019

1,000 Golden Days

Alive & Thrive is an initiative in Vietnam aimed at improving infant and young child feeding by increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding and improving complementary feeding practices. This leaflet emphasizes the importance of those days to a child’s physical and cognitive development.

Source: Source

Alive & Thrive

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

12 Golden Rules to Avoid Fake Medicines Online

This brochure answers the following questions:

  • Is it legal to buy medicines online in my country?
  • Is there a label that authenticates legitimate online pharmacies?
  • When buying medicines on the internet, can I speak with a pharmacist?

Source: Source

Fight the Fakes

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Adolescents’ HIV Prevention and Treatment Literacy Toolkit for Eastern and Southern Africa

This is a set of materials for working with adolescents.

The purposes of the toolkit are:

  • Create open advocacy spaces for adolescent HIV prevention and treatment issues
  • Strengthen the capacity of the key custodians of adolescent education systems and structures at community level (teachers and school staff, counsellors, service providers) to further engage adolescents and their circles of care
  • Scale-up availability of and access to information on adolescent HIV prevention and treatment at the local level

The tookit consists of:

  • Facilitator’s guide
  • Reference materials
  • Workbook for ages 10-12
  • Workbook for ages 13-15
  • Workbook for ages 16-19
  • Quiz cards
  • Personal responsiblity list
  • Teacher’s guide

Source: SafAIDS

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Age Specific Complementary Food Leaflet

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user.

In 2014, Suaahara developed this leaflets on age specific complementary food as support material of Bhanchhin Aama Campaign and disseminated in all community, household, food fairs, exhibitions in Suaahara implementing districts through local NGO partners.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Aha ye de – Always Sleep Under a Treated Net

In June 2011 BCS and ProMPT, in partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme and the Ghana Health Service, launched the new “Aha ye de” malaria campaign. “Aha ye de” means “It’s Good Here” in Twi, one of Ghana’s national languages. The campaign is designed to reposition the use of treated nets as a lifestyle decision, while at the same time preventing malaria, linking to the BCS’s overarching GoodLife campaign.

The campaign seeks to increase risk perception by emphasizing the severity and threats of malaria. At the same time, the campaign empowers individuals to use malaria prevention and appropriate treatment. This leaflet illustrates proper ways to hang and care for a treated net, and provides information as to how nets work and the benefits of using them.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Be Beautiful

A brochure aimed at Nigerian women encouraging family planning and spelling out their characteristics and responsibilities using the first letters of the word “beautiful.”

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Be Successful

The Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative is designed to increase contraceptives use in selected urban sites in Nigeria (FCT, Kaduna, Ilorin, Ibadan, Zaria and Benin) with a focus on the urban poor. . This pamphlet is part of the “Know. Talk. Go” project of NURHI. The pamphlet lists the elements of being a successful father by using the letters in the word “Successful.”

In 2012 a midterm evaluation (Measurement, Learning & Evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative: Nigeria 2012 Midterm Survey) showed considerable improvements in Family Planning knowledge and behavior across the four Nigerian cities. The evaluation showed increases in the knowledge of family planning methods from baseline to midterm across all cities for both men and women. More than 98 percent of men and women have correct knowledge (spontaneous or probed) of at least one family planning method at midterm. The largest increases were observed in Kaduna — a 23 percentage-point increase for women and a 19 percentage-point increase for men.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019