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What is the world doing about COVID-19 vaccine acceptance?
The world's scientists are racing to find an effective COVID-19 vaccine - but vaccine hesitancy already threatens its success. Our US Director Yvonne MacPherson looks at the critical role for health communication in setting the stage for a successful vaccine roll-out.
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Online violence against women and girls in Nepal: what we have learned
Cases of online abuse against women and girls have spiked in recent years. However, the legal and policy initiatives to address it do not seem to delve deep enough into the grave and changing dynamics of online violence in Nepal, or how this perpetuates gender-based violence in the offline world.
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Making the invisible, visible with the demon of defeca
Why is behaviour change and demand creation as important in the conversation about sanitation as infrastructure? Our Global Creative Advisor describes our innovative communication strategy and poo demon creation, Malasur.
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Seven lessons from scaling up mHealth in India
We take a deeper dive into what we learned from Kilkari, Mobile Academy and Mobile Kunji鈥� our mobile health communication projects for frontline healthcare workers and families in India - following on from our exciting series in BMJ Global Health.
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How poo became one of our biggest creative challenges yet
How many of us ever think about what happens after we flush? Yet with 60% of urban India not connected to modern sewage systems, it is a pressing health issue. As we launch our latest in the Navrangi TV series, we look at the thinking behind this revolutionary drama.
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Making research disability-inclusive 鈥� reflections from Nigeria
We know that people with disabilities face exclusion and discrimination across a multitude of areas 鈥� we are determined that our research will not be one of them. Our Head of Research and Learning in Abuja shares our learning and reflections.
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We need more media coverage of disaster prevention
Marking International Day for Disaster Reduction, Marcus Oxley argues that we need more media coverage of disasters before 鈥� rather than after 鈥� they happen. This would make prevention more of a priority, allowing more people to 鈥榣ive to tell鈥�.
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Using compassion to build tolerance through radio drama in Myanmar
In a fractured context like Myanmar, where the media is often a tool for sowing distrust and division, our programme Tea Cup Diaries drew on that most traditional of Buddhist qualities 鈥� compassion 鈥� to open up space for greater tolerance and understanding.
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The role of social media in development
Why should development organisations care about social media? Rosie Parkyn looks at social media鈥檚 potential to enhance development outcomes in the Global South and how this stacks up against the evidence.
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Governance and Accountability: What role for media?
A hub for content relating to our 'Governance and Accountability' event, including a film recording and links to blogs, reports and a Storify.
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Five mantras for effective COVID-19 vaccine communication
Well-designed communication can increase healthy behaviours, including vaccine uptake. As global scientists get closer to an effective COVID-19 vaccine, here are our top five mantras for how to think about vaccine communication to ensure a successful rollout.
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Out from the shadows: Tackling the stigma of disability in refugee communities
Our research in the Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh revealed that people with disabilities are often hidden away, without access to information and excluded from decision-making processes. Our research officer explains more.
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Supporting independent media through coalition building - the ultimate stress test
What is the role of international partners in building coalitions that support local independent media? Our PRIMED (Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development) consortium is demonstrating how this is possible - our guest blogger Michael Randall explains.
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Missing: A cutting-edge hub for risk communication for action
On International Day for Disaster Reduction, Senior Adviser for Resilience and Humanitarian Response, Lisa Robinson, shares her ideas on how to advance risk communication - so people understand the risks they face, know how to address them, and take informed actions to manage them effectively.
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Understanding young people鈥檚 civic engagement in Cambodia
After more than a decade of supporting young people in Cambodia, we wanted to understand the drivers and barriers to civic engagement. Here is how we did it.
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Media, participation and social inclusion: what are the links?
Reviewing the results of a survey of 23,000 people across seven countries, Chris Snow looks at the potential of media to engage even hard-to-reach groups in politics.
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Getting data on the lives of ordinary people in the developing world
Ahead of the launch of 主播大秀 Media Action鈥檚 data portal in October, Kavita Abraham-Dowsing and Sonia Whitehead explain why we need more data about the views, aspirations and challenges of ordinary people in the developing world.
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What are the challenges facing young people in East Africa?
Alasdair Stuart shares the challenges faced by young people in Tanzania, Somalia and Kenya and outlines how they themselves think the media can help.
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Media freedom and rethinking support to independent media
As the world marks World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May, Caroline Sugg (Director of Strategy and Partnerships) talks about the crisis facing public interest media, what 主播大秀 Media Action has done to strengthen media in fragile and developing countries, and what needs to change when it comes to prot...
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A journey towards viable and trusted public interest media in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has unveiled a National Action Plan to create more viable public interest media 鈥� our country director examines their journey so far, and what must happen to succeed.
