“We used to receive at the Bushokori health center many diarrheal cases affecting children from Ukumeka village in Mbumboli,” explains Mr. Wanyire Steven, community resource person in Bushokori. “But after building the tippy taps and using Aquasafe® for treating drinking water, few children are getting
When James Onen (“Fat Boy”), a radio personality on the Sanyu FM Breakfast Show in Uganda, mentioned that he saw a billboard of a woman saying, “I am proud I have a circumcised husband because we have less chances of getting HIV,” the Sanyu telephone
For Thomas Joseph, all it took was a radio program about family planning. The simple message of the program spoke directly to Joseph, who is married and lives in Soroti, Uganda with his wife and two children, and he embraced a modern method of contraception.
The results of the 2011 “Rock In Me” contest are in and the winners’ admiration is pervasive. Rock Point 256, the award-winning weekly radio serial drama and comic book series, has proved once again that it is an inexpensive, effective way to reach a large
The choice was obvious to Arinda Brian and Ashabe Damson. When these Ugandan men heard radio announcements about free safe medical circumcision (SMC) services, they did not hesitate to join the line of men at Itojo Hospital in Western Uganda. “[I am here] because I
Boda boda drivers found to be “driving” more than just their customers. Boda bodas—bicycle or moped taxis—are inexpensive modes of transportation used throughout Uganda and, at least in Kampala, they are driving more than their customers. Boda boda drivers are also “driving” the transmission of
For children in grades six through ten in Jordan, school isn’t just a place to learn the basics in reading, writing and arithmetic. School offers an opportunity to learn about making healthy lifestyle choices and adopting health behaviors, thanks to the “Talking Frankly” initiative. An
Every day in Africa, cell phones are used to connect hundreds of millions of people, share information among businesses and transfer bank funds from one end of the continent to the other. Now they are being used to empower health advocates to combat an age-old
“I now understand why it is important to sleep in a net every night,” explains a 10 year old student at Majenjo Primary School in Soroti district in eastern Uganda. Why so much focus on malaria in the already-packed school curriculum? “Mr. Okoyi James Peter,
Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The torment faced by Samuel Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner” is shared by 1.1 billion people worldwide who do not have access to safe drinking water. This lack of access has deadly consequences. 400 children under age five die
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