Bringing Care to Life
Peter Cardellichio presented our work at the Global Nursing Caucus Conference in Boston on October 20. Peter’s talk—Using New Media for International Training—covered the vision and goals of the Global Health Media Project, showed sample clips demonstrating unique features of our work, and addressed the important and expanding role that video will play in training […]
Read MoreThe rainy season in West Africa is causing cholera to spread at an alarming rate. Education is critical in protecting people. “High quality resources like The Story of Cholera are urgently needed,” said Simon Lawson, a Communications for Development Consultant for UNICEF.* Simon showed the The Story of Cholera to community members in a small town in […]
Read More“For every newborn that crosses my threshold, I feel the inclination to unwrap them, check the umbilical cord, count breaths and check for chest indrawing!” These are the words of Charlotte Blake Alston after she narrated the final editions of our first 10 videos on newborn care. She is a master storyteller, professional narrator, instrumentalist, […]
Read MoreOur newborn care videos—released about one month ago—have been watched in over 100 countries and more than 2,000 copies have been downloaded by staff from WHO, UNICEF, Health Ministries, teaching institutions, and large and small NGO’s. The videos are being promoted by several organizations including Save the Children (highlighted on their Healthy Newborn Network website), HealthPhone (providing […]
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Our first 10 videos in the newborn care series are now available. They were filmed in the developing world with partial support from USAID/MCHIP. The videos follow international standards of care, and several include animation to highlight key learning points. They have been reviewed by global content experts and field-tested among frontline health workers in […]
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The Story of Cholera has now won five prestigious awards that recognize its significant contribution to social change, its exceptional educational value, and the high quality of the animation. The awards are: DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award (Case Foundation Fearless Video); Best Shorts Competition; The Indie Fest (two Awards!), and a Bronze Telly Award. The animation has […]
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The work of Global Health Media Project is featured in a new report by Dalberg Global Development Advisors: Preparing the next generation of community health workers: the power of technology for training. The report highlights the essential role of community health workers as the only source of care for millions of people in low-resource settings. It […]
Read MoreDeb Van Dyke presented our development of “new media” educational content for frontline health workers at the mHealthEd 2012 conference in Cape Town, South Africa on May 29th. The conference highlighted emerging evidence that better and more cost-effective training can be provided for health workers through the use of multimedia content on mobile phones—content that […]
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“There is one moment I will never forget, which took place during the last day of our teaching in the Maasai village of Olosh Oibur. One of our students said a very long prayer, quite an insistent prayer actually. Later when I asked her what she had prayed for, she said to me, ‘I prayed […]
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Teach to Transform (TTT) is teaching about waterborne illness in developing countries. The organizationis using an iPad to show The Story of Cholera video in remote areas to teach people how diarrheal diseases are transmitted and what to do to prevent them. TTT encourages sustainability so they want local people to be able to share the […]
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“This video shows that no matter what the size of an organization, big ideas can lead to significant change” was the announcement made by the awards committee for the 2012 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. The Story of Cholera won in the Fearless Video category, sponsored by the Case Foundation, where four winners were selected from […]
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The Story of Cholera is now available in Haitian Creole (including an Andeyo version) on our website, and compressed for free download to mobile devices. The narration was done by Carel Pedre, who is well-known throughout Haiti and considered to be one of the most popular radio and TV announcers in the country. Carel is no stranger […]
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