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Media Advocacy: Blood Recruitment Case Study (Kenya)

Media Advocacy: Blood Recruitment Case Study (Kenya). KNBTS and HWWK ADRP Presentation: May 2011 Fridah Mcharo. Overview. Background Location Current Situation Recruitment in Kenya Population of Kenya in relation to blood donation Media Advocacy and Blood Donation

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Media Advocacy: Blood Recruitment Case Study (Kenya)

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  1. Media Advocacy: Blood Recruitment Case Study(Kenya) KNBTS and HWWK ADRP Presentation: May 2011 Fridah Mcharo

  2. Overview Background • Location • Current Situation • Recruitment in Kenya • Population of Kenya in relation to blood donation Media Advocacy and Blood Donation • What is Media Advocacy? • Media campaigns on blood donation in Kenya • Media campaigns during holiday months • Impact of media campaigns on Mobile Donor Sessions during the Holiday Months 2010 Conclusions and Recommendations

  3. Population 38,610,097

  4. Kenya known for athletics

  5. Regional Blood Banks in Kenya

  6. Current Situation • NBTS estimates Kenya’s annual need for blood to be 200, 000-250,000 units. • Collection is about 130,000 units. • There is a deficit of about 70,000-120,000 units annually. • However WHO recommends 10-20 units of blood per 1000 population which would put Kenya’s need to a minimum of 380,000 units annually.

  7. Population As mentioned earlier Kenyan population was at 38,610 097 according to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2009. Potential Blood donors Population 15-64 years Secondary School: 1,796,467 Adult: 18,888,533 Actual Blood Donors in 2009 Secondary School: 88,590 Adult: 35,429

  8. Comparison between Youths and Adult Donors

  9. HWWK and Blood donation HOPE worldwide Kenya (HWWK) is afaith-based - Non Governmental Organization, mandated by Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) to recruit blood donors from the adult population within the Central Business Districts across the country, and from Faith Based Organizations and Communities.

  10. Media Advocacy and Blood Donation For purposes of this presentation Media Advocacy is defined as “the strategic use of mass media as a resource to advance a social or public policy initiative” (Jernigan and Wright, 1996.)

  11. Types of Media Advocacy strategies Electronic Media • Television: Documentaries, Advertisements, TV talk shows • Radio: Advertisements, Radio Shows • Internet: Social networks including facebook, twitter Print Media • Newspapers • Magazines

  12. Highlights of Media Advocacy in Kenya. • Partnering with corporates to create documentaries. Bloodlink Foundation and Safaricom documentary that won the organizational ADRP award 2007. • TV Talk shows. • Radio Advert. • Print Adverts

  13. Radio Adverts

  14. Female Youths

  15. Male Youths

  16. Coastal Population

  17. HWWK and Media Advocacy HWWK together with Internews, KNBTS, CDC and WHO sensitized journalists in Nairobi on blood donation and transfusion needs in Kenya in 2008. The journalists in turn advised the blood donor program on the importance of coming up with success stories that are newsworthy.

  18. FBO leaders sensitization HWWK trains FBO leaders and they in turn educate their people on blood donation. Faith Based radio stations made announcements of Blood Drives that were due to occur in their FBOs. This include Hope FM, Radio Iqra and Waumini Radio

  19. Training of Imams in Mombasa

  20. Media Advocacy in Holiday monthsAugust 2010 HWWK at Capital FM Radio

  21. December

  22. Fixed Donation site August 7th Memorial Park

  23. No. of units collected in 2010

  24. Output in holiday months 2010

  25. Conclusion WHO recognizes media advocacy as a prime arena for contesting public policies.

  26. Other Findings • Aggressive impactful media advocacy can change behavior of a community. • It can influence government policies on health issues. • It requires both affirmative and aggressive advocacy. • Advocacy campaigns sometimes resemble political campaigns. • This requires budgets. Unfortunately, most of the blood safety work in Kenya is funded from external sources.

  27. Recommendations • Lobby the Kenya government to increase blood safety funding in its fiscal planning • Partnership with private entities to promote blood donation. A win-win situation is created for the firm and blood donor program. • Partner with Media houses as part of their CSR to promote blood donor agenda. • Special blood donor days can be used as a platform for media advocacy.

  28. Recommendations Cont’d • Involve journalists to promote blood donation agenda in both electronic and print media • Use of social networks including face book , twitter and others to promote blood donation among the youth

  29. MEDIA IS A CRUCIAL RECRUITMENT TOOL. LET’S STRIVE TO USE IT.

  30. FINALLY, Acknowledge • CDC • WHO • INTERNEWS • PSI • KNBTS • HWWK

  31. THANK YOU

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