I am not sure if this is what I was thinking of finding, but its a training for trainer kind of video. Though at times it sounds almost like something that presents the best-case-scenario of how immunization is done. It is also a good guide to a public health graduate to know how it really [...]
Training the trainer
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · English, health, Immunization, India
All my body needs
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Nutrition abounds in our food, all we need to do is identify the food that is nutritious and hence good for our body. National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad uses folk music and dance to serve nutrition in a song. Aaah you get it, I dont speak telugu, so the words i picked up are: [...]
Tags: · Children, health, India, nutrition, telugu
Listen to a … girl?
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Its not that girls know more, but its also incorrect that girls CANNOT know anything, hence we dont need to listen to them. Meena’s curiosity and concern for her sister makes her face all odds and seek out the source of information that helps her family save her sister’s life.
I cant help but comment that [...]
Tags: · English, health, India, Meena
Making wishes come true
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
… is not a genie’s job we have to strive to do it ourselves, beginning with, wishing for the right thing. Meena and her friends join forces to make her village a healthy place. From building low cost sanitation ‘latrines’ to hygienic habits, this video makes a case for simple wishes coming true.
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Tags: · English, health, hygiene, India, Meena, sanitation
The HIV story
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Isnt it amazing when you see intelligent story telling! The story of a girl brings the issue of HIV and AIDS into the vocabulary of children and introduces ’sex = making a baby process’ to children. I cant suggest how they would have done it differently, but by perpetuating a stereotype (of sex being only [...]