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A poster of “Tatiana y Johnny,” in vintage-1986 glory (faux pearls, perms, and nylon cinch belts) hangs in our office. Recently, while working on the forthcoming issue of INFO Reports, Entertainment-Education for Better Health, I learned who they are. Read the rest of this entry »

As a longtime fan of her work, I was excited to learn that Jessica Mayberry’s Video Volunteers brigade has been selected to participate in America’s Giving Challenge, an online fundraising competition sponsored by Global Giving and Parade Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

In this IBN Live news segment highlighting the viral popularity of the so-called “Andhra condom song,” a New Delhi correspondent expresses hope that the exuberant South Indian-style marketing campaign for contraception is doing some good. The video on YouTube has been viewed over 600,000 times, and has received comments from users from all over the world, one who expressed surprise that they “had condoms in india.”

The debate on elements of successful family planning programs continues on the Implementing Best Practices Knowledge Gateway.

During a rousing debate over the weekend, a participant weighed in from India on logistical problems noting that a surplus of supplies can meet an untimely end if there is no storage space.

I have myself seen health workers dumping condoms in the village well or burning them, when they were supplied with quantities which were not required by the users.

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On this week’s BBC World Service Health Check, Nivedita Pathak reports on a new method to promote breast feeding:

The milk bank at JJ Hospital in Mumbai opened for business in April this year and has already collected 175 litres of milk. Every day, about ten women donate milk once or twice, using an electronic breast pump. Then it’s checked in the lab for infection, pasteurised and given to the babies who need it.

Also in this broadcast, Cambodian soap operas, billboards and interpersonal health worker training boosts breastfeeding.

For more resources on breastfeeding see the INFO Reports issue on the topic here.