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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 62
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Development Communication Report. No. 56-59.
Development Communication Report, n56-59 1987
Four issues of this newsletter focus primarily on the use of communication technologies in developing nations to educate their people. The issues included in this collection are: (1) No. 56 (1987-1), which highlights agricultural, health, and educational projects that have used radio, telecommunications, and interactive video to train trainers and/or reach their target audiences; (2) No. 57 (1987-2), which features reports on pilot projects of the U.S. Agency for International Development-supported Rural Satellite Program in Indonesia, Peru, and the Caribbean, and communication strategies and lessons learned from HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) education efforts in the United States and the developing world; (3) No. 58 (1987-3), which describes the use of radio and videotape recordings to disseminate agricultural and public health information in the rural areas of developing countries; and (4) No. 59 (1987-4), which focuses on the use of comics and video for disseminating health information and ongoing interactive radio instruction activities in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Lesotho, and Papua New Guinea. Reviews of recent publications and announcements of development-related conferences and courses are included in individual issues. (BBM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Radio, Foreign Countries, Health Education, Information Dissemination, Interactive Video, Rural Development, Rural Extension, Telecommunications, Teleconferencing, Videotape Recordings
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Development Communication.
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