Population and Health Materials Working Group New Materials and Forthcoming Titles – May 9, 1997

JHU/PCS/PIP

New Materials / Works in Progress

NEW MATERIALS


Population Reports & Translations/ Field Reports/ Working Papers/
How To Manuals/ Special Publications/ Kits/ Pamphlets & Print Materials Posters/ Radio/Songs/ Training Materials/ Videos

Electronic Resources

Working Papers:

    • *Reaching Young People Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Communication Projects,1986-1995
    • *Reaching Men Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Family Planning and CommunicationProjects 1986-1996

IEC Field Reports
* The Nigeria Family Planning Facility Census
* Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Zambia Today
* Involving Men in Family Planning: The Zimbabwe Male Motivation Project, 1993-1994
* Reproductive Health Is in Your Hands/La Salud Reproductiva Esta en Tus Manos
* Promoting Family Planning Through Mass Media in Nigeria
* In Their Own Words: A Qualitative Study of Family Planning in Jordan
* Promoting Reproductive Health in Uganda: Evaluation of a National IEC Program
* Haki Yako: A Client Provider Information, Education, and Communication Project in

    Kenya

    • POPINFORM(sm) on the CCP web site
      http://www.popline.org
      Search the most recent POPLINE records on the web site. The complete POPLINE database contains over 250,000 records on population, family planning, and related health issues. Only those records added to the POPLINE database since December 1996 are available here. Search by subject or author.
    • Population Reports Full-text Online
      The following issues of the English language edition of Population Reports are available at:
      www.jhuccp.orgJ-43 Meeting Unmet Need: New Strategies, September 1996
      B-6 IUDs–An Update December 1995
      J-42 Helping the News Media Cover Family Planning November 1995
      J-41 Meeting the Needs Of Young Adults October 1995
      K-5 New Era for Injectables August 1995
      J-40 Family Planning Lessons and Challenges: Making Programs Work August 1994
      M-12 Opportunities for Women Through Reproductive Choice July 1994
      L-9 Controlling Sexually Transmitted Diseases June 1993

JHU/PIP Population Reports

  • IUDs–An Update (Series B, Number 6) by katherine Treiman, Laurie Liskin, Adrienne Kols, and Ward Rinehart is an update of Popualtion Reports IUDs–A New Look, Series B, Number 5, March 1989. IUDs now offer almost complete protection from pregnancy. Some models are effective longer than any other reversible family planning method. Correctly inserted, IUDs are safe for women at low risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Population Reports notes that a variety of research supports the reliability and safety of today’s IUDs.
  • Reproductive health Care for Urban Migrants (mini-edition) is a special four-page issue for the Habitat II conference held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 3-14, 1996. The Habitat II edition of Population Reports is a preview chapter from a larger report (J-45) on reproductive health care for migrants, including refugees, to be published this year.

JHU/PIP Population Reports Translations

  • Making Programs Work (Series J, Number 40) in French and Spanish.
  • Decisions for Norplant Programs (Series K, Number 4) in French with Guide to Norplant Counseling and Norplant at a Glance.
  • New Era for Injectables (Series K, Number 5) in Spanish with DMPA at a Glance and GATHER.
  • New Era for Injectables (Series K, Number 5) in Turkish without supplements.
  • The Reproductive Revolution: New Survey Findings (Series M, Number 11) in French.

JHU/PCS Field Reports

  • Promoting Reproductive Health in Uganda: Evaluation of a National IEC Program (Field Report Number 7).
    An evaluation of the Uganda Ministry of Health project to increase the use of modern family planning methods among married couples in urban areas of the eastern, central and southwestern parts of the country. The project was coordinated by the Family Planning Association of Uganda. Among the evaluation findings were: that 92% of those surveyed reported exposure to at least one of the campaign’s IEC materials and 86% recognized the campaign’s logo and understood its meaning.
  • Haki Yako! A Client-Provider IEC Project in Kenya (Field Report Number 8).
    In collaboration with a consortium of family planning organizations the Family Planning Association of Kenya (EPAK) implemented the Kenya Client-Provider Information, Education, and Communication Project, popularly known as Haki Yako. An evaluation of the project found that the project had increased the number of new acceptors at clinics, increased the continued use of modern methods, led couples to discuss family planning, and improved the image of family planning providers.

JHU/PCS Working Papers

  • Reaching Men Worldwide: Lessons Learned From Family Planning and Communication Projects, 1986-1996 (Working Paper Number 3).
    Lessons learned from more than two dozen JHU/CCP programs that address men’s participation in family planning and reproductive health. Among the lessons learned are that programs should encourage men to talk to their partners and make joint decisions; publicize and promote service sites for men; use multiple communication channels to create a synergistic effect; and pay attention to younger men. JHU/PCS How To Manuals

    • How To Select and Work with an Advertising Agency (How To Manual #2).
      Designed to walk the reader through the process of making the decision to use an Advertising Agency for a health communication project; selecting one; and working with one successfully.
    • How To Write a Radio Soap Drama for Social Development, A Script Writer’s Manual (How To Manual #3).
      How To Manual designed to guide the reader through the process of developing a radio drama for social development. Provides sample scripts, exercises, and references. Also provides an understanding of behavior change theory, a health communication project process, and the Enter-Educate approach.

    JHU/PCS Special Publications

  • Better Together. A report on the African Regional Conference on Men’s Participation in Reproductive Health.
    The 15 nations of sub-Saharan Africa met to discover and discuss new approaches and solutions to communication, service, and policy challenges to increasing African men’s participation in reproductive health. Provides overview of the Harare, Zimbabwe conference and includes case studies, working group outcomes, conclusions, references, pledges, and a participant’s list. Kits

    • Family Planning Programme in Zambia : Ministry of Health. Zambia
      1996. In English. Zambia Ministry of Health; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID. 31 x 24 cm. folder. Cover: Blue and orange background with white text. Blue silhouettes of a couple. Folder contains: launch event programme, the FPPZ pamphlet, national family planning logo guidelines for use, a journalist competition, five speeches, remarks from the signature family, three draft articles, Vol. 1, No. 1 of InfoMed, a letter from CARE, a pamphlet from the PPAZ, and a pamphlet from the Family Life Movement of Zambia.
    • [Provider’s IEC Kit].
      Egypt 1996. In Arabic, English. Egypt Ministry of Information, State Information Service (SIS). Information, Education and Communication Center (IEC Center), Egypt. 28 x 36 x 10 cm. black vinyl bag with gold text. Has two carrying straps at top and two velcro straps on bottom for holding rolled posters. Kit contains Gold Star campaign materials: a video; methods and provider brochures; Gold Star posters; info on male responsibility, communication, IEC materials, discussing methods and related issues; and samples of various methods (IUD, pill, Norplant, vaginal tablets, injectables, condom).

    Pamphlets and Print Materials

    • Female Genital Mutilation: References from POPLINE CD-ROM
      Updated February 1997. A 150 page bibliography of references and abstracts on female genital mutilation. Also available on diskette.
    • Health Matters.
      Uganda, 1997. In English and local languages. A family planning newsletter which includes photos and testimonials from satisfied family planning users and service providers.
    • Pamphlet Series on Progestin-only Oral Contraceptive, Oral Contraceptive, Injectable Contraceptive, IUD.
      Oman, 1996, In Arabic. Oman Ministry of Health; Directorate General of Health Affairs; Department of Family and Community Health. Oman. Four 21 x 10 cm. 8-panel pamphlets.For low literates, describing and illustrating how to use the method and its possible side effects.
    • Safe Motherhood materials
      Morocco, 1997. In Arabic, French. Materials developed for health care providers which include information on life-saving skills, posters. All materials stress the message that, “Wherever you are, you can help save a woman’s life.”Trend Setters.
      Zambia, 1997. In English. A youth-oriented newspaper. The first issue has just been published.

    Posters

    • Breastfeed up to 2 Years! Add Nutritious Foods from 6 Months
      Nigeria, 1996. In English. Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); Wellstart International. 52 x 38 cm. poster. Illustration of a mother breastfeeding her child. Nutritious foods sit on the table next to her. PO NGA 150
    • Give Only Breast Milk in the First 6 Months of Life for a Healthy Baby. No Water! No Agbo!!
      Nigeria, 1996. In English. Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); Wellstart International. 52 x 38 cm. poster. Illustration of a smiling mother breastfeeding her child, while another woman looks on. PO NGA 151
    • Give Your Baby the First Breast Milk Within Half Hour of Birth. It Protects Baby Aginst Infections. It Cleans Baby’s Stomach.
      Nigeria, 1996. In English. Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); Wellstart International. 52 x 38 cm. poster. Illustration of a mother lying in a hospital bed, breastfeeding her child, while a smiling nurse looks on. PO NGA 152
    • Safer Sex or Aids : Wait or Use a Condom : the Choice Is in Your Hands.
      Uganda, 1996. In English. Delivery of Improved Services for Health Project (DISH); USAID 56 x 38 cm. poster. Yellow background with black text and color photo of two hands up against each other, and below, a pair of hands, with one handing a condom to the other. PO UGA 90
    • Family Planning…Because I Care.
      Zambia, 1996. In English. Zambia Ministry of Health; Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID. Zambia. 54 x 43 cm. poster. Color photo of a health worker, with an inset of a happy family of four. PO ZAM 36
    • Family Planning for a Happy, Healthy Family
      . Zambia, 1996. In English. Zambia Ministry of Health; Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID. Zambia. 54 x 43 cm. poster.Color photoof a happy family of four. PO ZAM 37
    • The Family Planning Circle : for a Happy, Healthy Family
      Zambia, 1996. In English. Zambia Ministry of Health; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID. 54 x 43 cm. poster. Color logo of a happy family of four, in an orange circle. PO ZAM 38
    • AIDS: Think about it.
      Zimbabwe, 1997. In English. Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC); [Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS)]. Zimbabwe. 60 x 42 cm. poster. Color photo of a group of young people, all looking very serious. PO ZIM 54

    Radio/Songs

    • Happy Baby.
      Haiti, 1996. In Creole. This campaign produced fourteen 15-minute radio drama episodes and a three-minute jingle addressing health issues.
    • Hits for Hope : Featuring the Hit Song “Ray of Hope”
      Uganda, 1996. Side One: 1-Take Care by Snag ‘en’ O. 2-Twekume by the Reenock Brothers. 3-Nantabulirirwa Nantabulirirwa by Boarder-Line International. 4-Ray of Hope by House Lane B.. Side Two: 1-Tumuyiganye by Special Talents Club. 2-Beware by Rub a Dub. 3-Tubadde Ki Banange by Reggae Line. 4-Reason for Living by House Lane B.
    • Straight Talk
      Uganda, 1995. In English, Luganda and Runyankole. The AIDS prevention campaign, under the Delivery of Improved Services for Health (DISH) project broadcasts a weekly Straight Talk radio program which incorporates an ongoing, serial drama called Kafunda Stage, popular music and answers to listener letters by Dear Auntie and Dear Big Brother. The newsletter Straight Talk gives young people the opportunity to address issues related to sexual responsibility.
    • Youth Variety Show
      Kenya, 1996, 30 min. per episode. In English. A weekly radio program that provides young people in Kenya and in neighboring countries with information about health and sexuality issues in an entertaining and interactive format. Its objectives are to encourage sexual responsibility among young people, encourage youth to postpone sexual activity, urge active youth to seek counseling services and foster communication between young people and their parents. (65 episodes)

    Training Materials

    • International Workshop: Serial Drama for Social Development: Kathmandu, Nepal – November, 1996
      In English. Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID; Nepal Ministry of Health; Nepal Health Education, Information and Communication Center (NHEICC). Kathmandu, Nepal. Unpaged binder with 8 sections. Participant’s manual for workshop held on November 18-28, 1996 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Covers Enter-Educate, the communication process, reproductive health, radio drama, audience analysis, production, monitoring and evaluation, promotion. It also includes sample scripts from six radio dramas.
    • Ushirikiano: Health Communication Workshop: July 1996: Kenya.
      1996. In English. Kenya Ministry of Health; Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS); USAID. Blue binder divided into 13 sections.Covers: the communication process & behavior change, the P-Process, concepts and frameworks for analysis, SCOPE, program analysis, advocacy and organizational communication, resource generation, the PRO approach, audience analysis, Enter-Educate, HIV/STI prevention.

    Videos

    • Klar Ed-Dar. (The House is Abandoned)
      Morocco, 1997. In Arabic. A documentary video designed to sensitize Moroccan decision-makers to unacceptably high levels of maternal deaths in the country. The video evokes a traditional phrase of condolence and integrates testimonals from family members who have suffered personal losses due to maternal deaths. A dramatic video to be shown by mobile health teams is in production. It is intended for women and their families in rural areas and will inform audiences of the signs of obstetric complications and emphasize the need to seek medical care to avoid maternal deaths.
    • Men: Together We Care.
      1996, 17 min. In English. Discusses how mass media can be used to motivate male participation in reproductive health matters. Excerpts from productions from around the world are used as examples, including: Brazil Dancing Hearts vasectomy spot, Kenya vasectomy spot, Bolivia condom spot, Zimbabwe Men & Family Planning spot and Haiti music video Zanmi.
    • Night Saxophone.
      Ukraine, 1996, 20 min. In Russian with English subtitles Story of one episode of Night Saxophone, a daily radio advice call-in program. A call to radio host Dmitry Burlov from a young girl wondering if she should give in to her boyfriend, who is pressuring her to have sex, sets off a series of responses from other listeners. Among the callers are other young girls in the same situation, outraged parents who do not believe that sex should be discussed in public, and a doctor who tries to set the record straight about contraceptives and the rumors that surround them.
    • Put Yourself in Her Shoes: Family Planning Counseling to Prevent Repeat Abortion
      Africa, 1996, 30 min. In English. A training program designed primarily for emergency health care providers and Family Planning Personel who treat women for complications of unsafe abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Fred Sai introduces the story of Nursing Sister Rose Makwenda who learns to make good FP counseling part of her job. Through the stories of several clients, Sister Rose takes the viewer on her journey towards effective and empathetic counseling. Developed with support from the Postabortion Care Consortium. Breaks are provided between segments in order to promote discussion. Advocates integration of medical health care and counseling.

    JHU/PCS/PIP Works in Progress


    Population Reports / Population Reports Translations / Special Publications / Field Reports/
    Training Materials/ Radio/Songs/ Videos

    JHU/PIP Population Reports

    • Contraceptive Technical Guidelines
      (Series J, Number 44). This report presents findings of two expert groups, which are intended to help family planning programs and providers update their own service guidelines. The first group of technical experts–reresentatives of organizations working with USAID–answered key questions about service delivery practices and rated common clinical procedures for relevance to safe method use. The second group, convened by the World Health Organization, assessed medical eligibility criteria for starting and using specific contraceptive methods.
    • Caring for Post-Abortion Complications: Saving Women’s Lives
      (Series L, Number 10). Unsafe abortion, with its serious, even fatal, consequences, continues to be a major reproductive health emergency in developing countries. The issue discusses the extent of the problem, medical care, and family planning counseling and services. The report notes the importance of family planning in preventing future unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions.
    • Reproductive Health Care for Migrants and Refugees
      (Series J, Number 45). Reproductive health needs of internal migrants, immigrants, refugees, and displaced persons are receiving more attention. Yet, few programs focus on these groups as specific audiences and clientele for information and services. Their needs differ from those of other groups. This report examines migration trends, family planning, and other reproductive health status of migrants and refugees, and their characteristics and access to services, including with recommendations for improving information and services directed to these groups. A preliminary chapter on migrants to the cities was prepared for the June 1996 Habitat II Conference on Cities, Istanbul.
    • Counseling Guide
      (Second Edition) (Series J, Number 46). This report is a revision of the popular Population Reports Family Planning Counseling Guide published in 1987 and distributed widely (250,000 copies) in 12 languages. The revision will incorporate new developments in family planning and reproductive health counseling based on the original six-step GATHER approach—Greet, Ask, Tell, Help, Explain, Return. For example, the revised guide will include more pointers on how to encourage clients to make informed choices. The guide will reflect the eligibility criteria for contraceptives issued by the World Health Organization scientific working group and will include information on additional STDs in the section about AIDS.
    • Food Security and Population
      (Series M, Number 13). This report assesses future food production needs in light of population growth, hanging diets, and environmental factors. Many developing countries are in a race between food production and population growth. The world will need to feed at least 8 billion people within another 30 years—in the face of declining per capita food production in some places, particularly in poor countries of Africa and Asia. Can the earth continue to produce enough food and to distribute it so that every one has enough to live on. The report concludes that linking agricultural policies more closely with population policies may offer the best hope for sustaining food security in the next century.
    • What Difference Does Family Planning Make?
      (Series J, Number 47). This report provides advocates of family planning in developing countries with important facts about family planning and their significance. Family planning has many benefits—for women, men, and couples. It improves family well-being and child health, offers women more choices, helps protect the environment, promotes national development, and more. The report brings together and gives focus to a variety of information about family planning collected by many agencies and individual researchers. It can help policy makers and program directors maintain and increase support for reproductive health care programs.

    JHU/PIP Population Reports Translations

    • IUDs: An Update (Series B, Number 6) in French.
    • Meeting the Needs of Young Adults (Series J, Number 41) in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
    • Helping the News Media Cover Family Planning (Series J, Number 42) in French.
    • Meeting Unmet Need: New Strategies (Series J, Number 43) in French.
    • New Era for Injectables (Series K, Number 5) in Arabic.

    JHU/PIP Special Publications

  • The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology
    This pocket-sized handbook of contraceptive technology will offer front-line family planning providers uniform, scientifically based, easily accessible information about each major family planning method. The book will incorporate the new eligibility criteria devised by a WHO scientific working group in Spring 1994 and Spring 1995 and will help programs avoid unnecessary, arbitrary, or outdated requirements that impede access to family planning and undermine good quality care. The review draft was sent to about 140 reviewers as part of an effort to reach a consensus among the various family planning organizations and experts about guidelines for each method. JHU/PIP is preparing the handbook in collaboration with Dr. Robert A. Hatcher of the Emory University School of Medicine. In addition, JHU/PIP is designing and will print and distribute the book.JHU/PCS Special Publications
  • Health Communication: Lessons from Family Planning and Reproductive Health
    (working title). Praeger Publishers will publish this book, which reflects more than a decade’s experience of the JHU/PCS/PIP staff in providing technical guidance and financial support for family planning and related health information, education, and communication (IEC) projects in developing countries. Presented in terms of both theory and field application, the book lists some 100 lessons using IEC to encourage and enable contraceptive use, child spacing, and sexual responsibility. It documents accomplishments achieved with diverse techniques ranging from mass media enter-educate projects to print materials to interpersonal communication. The systematic “P Process,” formulated by JHU/PCS/PIP as a process for designing and implementing field projects, provides a structure for the book. A concluding chapter raises questions and challenges now confronting family planning communication professionals. JHU/PCS Field Reports

    • The 1994 Kenya National IEC Situation Survey
      (Field Report). Implemented by the National Council for Population and Development (NCPD) and JHU/PCS, the results reported serve a three-fold purpose: to set a baseline for follow-up initiatives, to assess the impact of ongoing activities, and to provide data on media patterns that will supplement the 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys.
    • Perceptions of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Issues: A Qualitative Study in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
      (Field Report). This document is among the first studies to provide qualitative data about family planning and reproductive health attitudes in this region. Recent Demographic and Health Surveys in two Central Asian Republics are included to support the focus group findings. Future directions for health programs are discussed.

    Training Materials

    • IEC Module.
      Kenya, 1997. This module is part of a self-directed/distance learning program to address the management of STIs. Being developed in collaboration with the National AIDS Control Program.
    • Regional IEC Kit/SPFS Project
      Burkina Faso, 1997. A portable, regional IEC Ki which contains print material (poster, brochures, stickers) and an audio cassette (with FP and AIDS prevention songs, PSA’s and commentary) that were developed based on the “best of” the materials found in the region. Each kit will start out with 100 brochures and stickers for distribution to clients. The bag is made from local material; the inside is lined with waterproof material. Complete with a handle for easy transport, the kit was designed to be used both at clinics and by outreach workers in the field.
    • Service Provider Toolkit.
      Tanzania, 1997. The kit will contains FP cue cards and RH information cards that address: safe motherhood, FP, STI/HIV/AIDs, and child survival issues and a couple of anatomy charts. Now being pretested in Tanzania.

    Radio/Songs

    • Choices
      Uganda, 1996-7. In English and local languages. A weekly 30-minute radio program which has just started airing. Episodes incorporate family planning and M/CH messages. Features a 15-minute soap opera, Secrets of Bomboka, answers to listener questions, interviews, popular music and a monthly quiz question about family planning or maternal child health. Winners of the quiz receive t-shirts. All entrants receive Pilplan calendars.
    • Lilin-lilin di Depan (The Guiding Light)
      Indonesia, 1997. In Bahasa Indonesian. Under its new title, this serial radio drama, which has been airing for the past 20 years, will continue to provide entertaining stories for audiences while educating them about population and health issues. The series will inform listeners about the BKKBN themes of family welfare (kelaurga sejahtera) and reproductive health and promote the new cadre of BKKBN midwives, all in support of BKKBN’s initiative to alleviate poverty, reduce maternal mortality and improve health. The objective of the series is to motivate listeners to seek reproductive health and family planning services from providers, particularly midwives and to motivate them to explore options that move them toward improving the welfare of their family. 70 episodes, 20 minutes each.
    • Sex, Radio & The Truth
      Zambia, 1997. In English. This weekly variety program, produced in collaboration with the Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia, focuses on family planning issues concerning Zambia couples under 35 years old. The show airs on Sunday evenings and is presented by two energetic Zambians, who address social issues and convey facts about family planning. The format includes discussions between the presenters, a mini-drama sereis, interviews, and answers to listener questions. 26 episodes, 15 minutes each.
    • Under the Green Umbrella
      Bangladesh, 1997. In Bangla. This radio magazine program uses an entertaining format to refresh the knowledge and upgrade the skills of family planning/maternal and child health field workers. The program’s format consists of question & answer sessions, short dramas, success stories, and a contest in which field workers win prizes for correct answers on FP-MCH issues. Stories about Tara the field worker, the host of the program, and her friends are dramatized for the entertainment of the field workers and the general public alike. Tara’s on-the-air parents, Nana and Nani, and their neighbors add humorous banter to each show about everyday concerns. 52 episodes, 20 minutes each.
    • Yamba et Songa (Yamba and Songo).
      Cote d’Ivoire, 1997. In French. This radio serial follows the adventures of a young man traveling throughout West/Central Africa to find his real father. Through the people he meets and the situations he encounters, messages promoting family planning, AIDS prevention, and oral rehydration therapy are communicated to the audience. Produced in collaboration with Atelier-Theatre Burkinabe (ATB), features well known actors in the region, including Jean Michel KanKan who recently passed away. “Yamba et Songo” was his last production. Soon to be broadcast on African Regional Radio. 26 episodes, 30 min. each.

    Videos

    • About Love.
      Russia, 1997. In Russian. This is a story of Marina, Katya, and Tanya, three childhood friends who are in relationships. When Marina thinks that she might be pregnant, after having unprotected sex, she turns to her friends for help. This potential difficulty is overcome, teaching all of the young women a lesson about sex, trust and relationships. JHU/CCP collaborated with a local production company to produce this video, and an accompanying users’ guide is in the final stages of completion. 20 minutes. Will be subtitled in English.
    • Arcandina (Andean Ark).
      Ecuador, 1997. In Spanish. This magazine-style TV show for children and adolescents follows the adventures of two ecologists and three puppets aboard a modern wooden raft, who try to preserve and protect nature by promoting awareness and mobilizing support for environmental conservation. Part of each Arcandina show features “The Rescue Club”, which encourages local environmental initiatives such as field trips and contests for schools. The Discovery Kids Channel has bought commercial rights to release Arcandina’s environmental series in their Spanish cable programming. 60 minutes.
    • Bokul Katha.
      Bangladesh, 1997. In Bangla. This TV serial drama is the story of a young field worker who faces many challenging situations in her work and personal live. It presents the heroine as a trustworthy, knowledgeable source of family planning and health information and services. Bokul Katha is the enter-educate masterpiece of Bangladesh’s most popular writer, Humayun Ahmed. The messages in the TV serial drama will be supported by the Providers Campaign, which consists of television, radio, and print ads, billboards and other materials. In Bangla. 13 episodes, 30 minutes each.
    • Dialogo al Desnudo (Open Dialogue).
      Bolivia, 1996. In Spanish. This 12-episode weekly variety show features drama, discussion, flash-interviews on the street and dialogue with experts. Topics include reproductive rights, adolescent sexuality, couple communication and prevention of STDs and sexual violence. Open discussion on gender issues and sexuality among Bolivian women and men aged 18-35. 60 minutes.
    • Good Morning Father and Mother.
      Indonesia, 1997. In Bahasa Indonesia, with English subtitles. This is the story of Kurnia, a kindergarten school teacher, who grew up in the wealthy home of her adopted parents. She came from a poor family in West Java, and as a child, experienced the traumas of women in labor. Both her mother and her aunt died due to complications in pregnancy and lack of help during labor. These childhood experiences still haunt her as she tries to deal with her own relationships. 75 minutes.
    • The Savannah Wind.
      Indonesia, 1997. In Bahasa Indonesian, with English subtitles. In this drama, a woman doctor returns to her village after medical school and finds village traditions and conditions much the same as when she left. The prince of the region intends to kidnap her, marry her, and keep her in the village to help improve the living conditions of his people. Her story shows her struggle to change health conditions for the better, while keeping the timely traditions in Sumba. 75 minutes.
    • Tiempo de Amar (Time for Love)
      Peru, 1996. In Spanish. A five-part drama on unwanted pregnancy and adolescent sexual responsibility. The mini-series follows two teenage couples as they deal with the turbulence of their adolescent years, including romantic and conflictive relationships and parental strife. The series communicates that delaying sex is permissible for girls; that safer sex is the responsibility of both partners; and that condoms prevent unwanted pregnancy as well as STDs. 60 minutes per episode.
    • Time to Care and STD Video Uganda, 1997. Two feature videos produced for maternal health and sexually transmitted disease prevention campaigns. A feature video about maternal health, Time to Care, is a dramatic portrayal which encourages women to attend health centers for antenatal visits, among other things. The video on sexually transmitted diseases, (STDs) produced in English, Luganda and Runyankole, encourages men to prevent, seek treatment for and talk with their partners to treat STDs, and this decrease the spreak of HIV. Both videos will be shown during district based campaign events.