GoodLife TV Spot: Kama Sutra

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.

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 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 one minute TV spot shows a couple getting ready to have sex, but the woman is continually bothered by the mosquitos in the room. At the end of the spot we see the couple preparing their bed with a treated net, and the woman and man much happier. The video is available in English and Twi.

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. – See more at: /project-examples/aha-ye-de-always-sleep-under-treated-net-0#sthash.ZvdSYpDh.dpuf

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. – See more at: /project-examples/aha-ye-de-always-sleep-under-treated-net-0#sthash.ZvdSYpDh.dpufIn 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. – See more at: /project-examples/aha-ye-de-always-sleep-under-treated-net-0#sthash.ZvdSYpDh.dpuf

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Health Communication Component, Pakistan – Project TV Ads

This page provides a series of television advertisements produced as part of the Pakistan Health Communication Component project, 2014-2018.

The ads include:

  • Lady Health Workers – promotes and gives recognition to the Lady Health Workers’ network which is the backbone of Pakistan’s basic health care services. This network provides health related information and services to their communities at their doorstep.
  • Newborn Care – on newborn care in general and specifically on delaying bath to children for at least six hours after birth for prevention from pneumonia.
  • Family Planning – informs about different family planning methods to choose from, for men and women, and both short-term and long-term reversible methods of contraception, which fits your needs and circumstances.
  • Birth Preparedness – talks about how birth preparedness can help families to overcome any possible complications, especially by arranging money, transportation and identification of health facility and skilled birth provider.
  • Exclusive Breastfeeding – talks about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child and the benefits it has for child’s growth.
  • Antenatal Care – highlights the importance of antenatal care, especially at least four visits to health providers, to prevent from any possible complication before or during pregnancy
  • Essential Immunizations – stresses on the importance of essential immunisation of children, even though if one has to overcome access barriers.
  • Breastfeeding – underscores the importance of breastfeeding in general and specifically exclusive breastfeeding for first six months for improved health of children; it also addresses common misconceptions about breastfeeding.
  • Skilled Birth Attendants – on the critical importance of skilled birth delivery during pregnancy and identifies four skilled birth attendance, namely Doctor, Nurse, Midwife and the Lady Health Visitor.
  • Diarrhea – on treatment of diarrhoea and precautionary measures needed to limit the loss of water and minerals in children.
  • Postnatal Care – talks about the importance of postnatal care soon after and after six hours of delivery for both mother and the child.

Source: USAID, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Hotline PSA for Healthy Women Ukraine

The aim of the this PSA, part of the Healthy Women Ukraine Program, was to start a general family planning and reproductive health conversation among society and promote the program’s website and hotline.

The PSA shows women of various ages speaking on the phone and thanking someone who sounds like a friend for helping them determine their best family planning option. In the final shots of the PSA, it becomes clear that the person on the other end of the line is not a friend, but rather a hotline counselor. The PSA ends showing the hotline number.

Source: Healthy Women of Ukraine Program (HWUP)

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Jiamini! Family Planning Campaign Media Brief

Jiamini! is a national campaign in Tanzania designed to empower women to initiate use of modern methods of family planning and encourage male support of family planning. It targets women and couples who want to delay their first pregnancy, wait to have their next child or stop having children, but who are not currently using a modern method of family planning.

By using testimonials from famous Tanzanians using modern methods of family planning, the campaign aims to:

  • Give people confidence to use modern methods
  • Address myths, misconceptions and fears about family planning
  • Encourage couples to talk to each other about family planning
  • Improve male partner support of family planning
  • Increase use of modern methods of family planning

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Malaria-themed Radio Spot

These are 60-second radio commercials developed in line with the National Malaria Elimination Programme’s slogan – “For a Malaria‐Free Nigeria”. It covers the following thematic areas: ANC, LLINs, Malaria Risk Perception and Testing Before Treatment.

The spots were broadcast in Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Sokoto, Benue, Oyo, Kano & Cross River states, and in English and Hausa languages. They were aired a total of 44,036 times.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Malaria-themed Radio Spots

These are 60-second radio commercials developed in line with the National Malaria Elimination Programme’s slogan – “For a Malaria‐Free Nigeria”. It covers the following thematic areas: ANC, LLINs, Malaria Risk Perception and Testing Before Treatment.

The spots were broadcast in Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Sokoto, Benue, Oyo, Kano & Cross River states, in both English and Hausa. In total they were broadcast 44,036 times.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Malaria-themed TV Spots

These are 60-second TV commercials developed in line with the National Malaria Elimination Programme’s slogan – “For a Malaria‐Free Nigeria”. It covers the following thematic areas: ANC, LLINs, Malaria Risk Perception and Testing Before Treatment.

The videos were shown in Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Sokoto, Benue, Oyo, Kano & Cross River states in Pidgin, English and Hausa languages. These videos were aired about 12, 993 times. between 2015 and 2017.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Malawi – Moyo ndi Mpamba Campaign Radio Spots

These radio spots are part of the Moyo ndi Mpanba campaign to promote health behavior change across the six focal health areas.

These radio spots are in Chichewa and cover these topics:

  • Nutrition
  • Pregnancy
  • Family Planning
  • Hygiene
  • Malaria

SSDI-Communication supported the Ministry of Health in realizing its ambitious health promotion agenda by developing and running a multimedia, multi-level Moyo ndi Mpamba, Usamalireni (“Life is precious, take care of it”) campaign, from 2011-2016. The ultimate goal of this campaign was to promote positive health behaviors and create demand for available services across six focus health areas – HIV & AIDS; family planning; nutrition; maternal, neonatal and child health; malaria; and water, sanitation and hygiene – and with audiences across the socio-ecological landscape and all targeted life stages.

Source: SSDI-Communication

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Multiple Concurrent Partners TV Spot

A :30 second TV spot aimed at females in which a young girl talks about her many sexual partners. The narrator asks, “How many sexual partners do you have? Have you thought about HIV?” The spot ends with the slogan “Think Talk Act.”

Source: Chemonics

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

No-Scalpel Vasectomy Materials for India

On this page are several materials about No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) created by the RESPOND project for Hindi audiences (also translated into English):

  • NSV Brochure describes the no-scalpel vasectomy procedure, how it works, potential side effects, and where it can be obtained.
  • NSV Poster shows a young couple with a child and provides basic information about no-scalpel vasectomy.
  • NSV Radio Spot #1 in which a couple talk about NSV, while a song concerning NSV is sung in the background.
  • NSV Radio Spot #2 in which a couple talk about the benefits for their family of having stopped childbearing through no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV), while a song about NSV is sung in the background.
  • NSV Radio Spot #3 in which two women and one woman’s spouse discuss the safety of no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV), while a song about NSV is sung in the background.
  • NSV Radio Spot #4 in which two men provide basic information on no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV), while a song about NSV is sung in the background.

Source: RESPOND

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019