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"Background: Interventions to raise community awareness about malaria prevention and treatment have used various approaches with little evidence on their efficacy. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of loudspeaker announcements regarding malaria care and prevention practices among peopl ... more

Malaria Social and Behavior Change Communication Evidence Literature Review

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs;Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (2017), 36 pp.
"There is a strong evidence base showing that SBCC programs can help improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviors. However, more work needs to be done to ensure that best practices are documented and used consistently. The review provides recommendations for strengthening peer-reviewed researc ... more

Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing

London et al.: Bloomsbury (2017), xxiii, 315 pp.
"Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing is the first volume in the field to address the role that theatre, drama and performance have in relation to promoting, developing and sustaining health and wellbeing in diverse communities. Challenging concepts and understanding of health, wellbeing ... more
"Mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to encourage hanging and use of nets. However, data on the effectiveness of these communication efforts are scarce. In preparation for the next ro ... more
"We use a “natural experiment” in media markets in Benin to examine the impact of community radio on government responsiveness to citizens. Contrary to prior research on the impact of mass media, in this experiment government agents do not provide greater benefits to citizens whose exposure to c ... more

National Communication Strategy for Malaria Control in Uganda

Kampala: Ministry of Health (2015), 40 pp.
"This Uganda national communication strategy for malaria prevention and control has been developed to facilitate the implementation of the Uganda Malaria Reduction Strategy (UMRS) 2014-2020. The strategy will offer a framework where every stakeholder shall take recommended actions to fund, prevent, ... more

The Gambia Media Survey

Gates Malaria Partnership;Center for Innovation Against Malaria (2014), 56 pp.
"A national survey was completed in November 2004, designed to measure: media access and use; knowledge of Malaria, its prevention and cure; reach of the radio programme Bolongodala. The sample achieved represented the adult (15+) population of the Gambia estimated to be 768,200. Mandinka is the mos ... more

Reporting on Solutions Internationally

Solutions Journalism Network;Pulitzer Center (2014), 31 pp.
"The four Pulitzer Center projects highlighted in this guidebook are powerful examples of solutions-oriented reporting—and proof that when done well, such projects get the traction they deserve. For Amy Maxmen, the topic was malaria, new thinking regarding an effective method of malaria prevention ... more

Field Communications Toolkit

London: Malaria Consortium (2013), 30 pp.
"The Field Communications Toolkit provides practical guidance and support to Malaria Consortium staff and partners who are looking to increase their communications capacity. It has been developed as a resource for project staff who work at field-level, to support you to communicate responsibly, crea ... more

HIV/AIDS Reporting Manual

Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation (2012), v, 86 pp.
"The material in this edition covers a broad range of subjects including the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS, treatment and prevention strategies, key figures in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and global efforts to finance the campaign against HIV/AIDS. The epidemic is not only a battle ag ... more

PMI Communication and Social Mobilization Guidelines

Washington, DC: President's Malaria Initiative (2008), 60 pp.
"Achieving and maintaining the goals of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and of national malaria programs depend on correct and consistent use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), acceptance of indoor residual spraying (IRS), and adherence to treatment and prevention therapies. Past malaria ... more

Writing for Our Lives: How the Maisha Yetu Project Changed Health Coverage in Africa

Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2006), 120 pp.
"[...] This publication, Writing for Our Lives, documents best practices from the Maisha Yetu project, whose defining feature has been continuous in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six African media houses over a two-year period. The uninterrupted presence of journalist-trai ... more
"The Spot on Malaria guide focuses on malaria prevention and treatment messages and ways to tailor them to reach communities often missed by national malaria programmes. The guide shows how to adapt or localise materials from national malaria programmes and how to create original radio spots or adve ... more
A companion facilitator's manual to the "Spot on Malaria" guide (2005) for conducting an five-day hands-on workshop.
"The work in this report and that found in the International Woman’s Media Foundation / Africa Woman’s Media Centre report, Deadline for Health (2004), provide us with the only insight into malaria reporting in African contexts. Both are baseline studies made prior to journalists training interv ... more

Health and Media In-Country Course 2005: Advocating Healthy Policy and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participants' Manual

Colin Lloyd (ed.)
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA);Gates Malaria Partnership, 2nd ed. (2005), 124 pp.
"This practical workshop manual forms part of a five day course run by the Health and Media Partnership. The workshop aimed to teach reporters how to report on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in ways that contribute to the prevention and control of these diseases and positively influence the attitudes and ... more

Notes from the Field in Communication for Child Survival

Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED);USAID (1993), x, 246 pp.
"This book presents practical lessons from 15 years of experience on the part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in promoting the health of infants and children in developing countries. It has been compiled by the Academy for Education Development which conducts the Communicati ... more
"Présentation du « dossier paludisme » réalisé par l'OCORA en fin 1966 — La partie écrite du dossier comporte 40 heures d'émission ; la partie sonore 19-45 — Il est prévu que certains publics seront touchés par des émissions spécifiques." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The ... more