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Amazon Radio Brings Health And Joy To River Communities

Amazon Radio Brings Health And Joy To River Communities

10 March 1997

Radio remains the most important medium of communication in much of the rural Third World. Up the Amazon river, a troupe of Brazilian circus entertainers, assisted by UNICEF, travels by boat using radio to ensure that their message about health and hygiene reaches isolated communities.

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Categories
News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Corporate Name
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
Subject Topical
HEALTH
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
RADIO
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
RIVERS
Geographic Subject
LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL
MAMS Id
UNA0498
Parent Id
UNA0498

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Radio remains the most important medium of communication in much of the rural Third World. Up the Amazon river, a troupe of Brazilian circus entertainers, assisted by UNICEF, travels by boat using radio to ensure that their message about health and hygiene reaches isolated communities.

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