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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By Alanna Mitchell

Photo: Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria

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.

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