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Dramatic delivery

How soap-opera-style videos are helping educate couples in northern Nigeria about maternal and child health
  • Jun 20, 2018
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  • 1 minutes
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Videos modelled on popular Nigerian soap operas are just one part of a project that is upending tradition by educating men and women about maternal and child health at the same time. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.

Visit the Charting Change website to read “Dramatic delivery.”

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