Posts Tagged ‘Maternal health’

I’m really excited about the launch of the Dot Org. blog as it joins the community of people who are passionate about using innovative communications to help improve people’s lives around the world.

In the fast paced and largely impersonal metropolis that I call home, I hardly experience community in a traditional way any more. But it is the human need for community and this current condition that I think has driven the digital revolution that we are living in now - something you’ll probably hear a lot about from me!

And it is community that lies at the heart of global health. We are currently working on an advocacy project around the BBC World News documentary series Survival which features some of the worlds biggest killers and causes of morbidity, like malaria, TB, pneumonia, maternal health and child survival. All are treatable and preventable, and Survival highlights how communities themselves are working to fight them and starting to succeed. Community engagement is essential to the implementation and the success of any programme and this rings true from health interventions to PR 2.0. People want to be a part of something, and will listen to those they know and trust - and we need to help influence this.

So welcome to our community - we look forward to your comments and questions and invite you to Advance to GO! and let us know what you think!