Case studies

These case studies demonstrate how our research has contributed to the development of the BBC Word Service Trust's media outputs, and has been used to evaluate their impact in the areas of emergency response, education, health, governance and human rights and livelihoods.
  • Promoting HIV and AIDS awareness

    Stopping HIV and AIDS in Cambodia

    Cambodia has been severely affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic over the past decade. An estimated 1.9% of the population aged 15-49 years is HIV-positive. However thanks to public health campaigns, the infection rate in the general population is declining.   Read more
  • Farah Omar interveiwing a farmer in Gebiley

    Improving livelihoods in Somalia

    Since September 2005, we have been working in partnership with the BBC Somali Service, the Africa Educational Trust, the European Union's Rehabilitation Programme for Somalia and a wide range of stakeholders to produce a 30-minute weekly radio programme about livestock.  Read more
  • A member of the Sanglap audience asking the panel a question

    Bangladesh Sanglap - 'Dialogue on Bangladesh'

    Working in partnership with national broadcasters and the BBC Bangla Service, we launched Bangladesh Sanglap ('Dialogue on Bangladesh') - a ground breaking political discussion programme - in November 2005.   Read more
  • A family in Belil camp voluntarily returning to their home in northern Bahr Algazal

    Darfur Lifeline, Sudan

    We work in partnership with Sudanese media professionals and the World Service to broadcasts life-saving information to 6.5 million people in Darfur, including two million people living in the region's 85 camps for people displaced by the conflict.   Read more