TWO NEW FUNDING AWARDS FROM THE ERIK E. AND EDITH H. BERGSTROM FOUNDATION
PMC is pleased to announce two new funding awards from The Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation (Bergstrom Foundation). These generous gifts include a $180,000 award in support of a 54-epsiode rebroadcast of PMC’s hit Rwandan radio show, Umurage (“Inheritance for a Better Future”), and $200,000 of funding in support of Agashi 3 (“Hey! Look Again!”), the latest in the highly successful Agashi radio series in Burundi.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE LINK BETWEEN WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND PANDEMICS
In a few short months, the entire world has yielded to an unprecedented public health crisis. Experts acknowledge the uniqueness of the Covid-19 circumstances but also recognize that zoonotic diseases, passing from animals to humans, kill millions of people every year. We’ve seen viruses like this before and we will likely see them again – unless we address systemic causes from human behaviors like habitat destruction and wildlife trafficking.
Read more in a new blog by our Associate Vice President of Development, Kiren Bansal.
We are storytellers. We use entertainment to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Our work has impacted more than 50 countries.
In the coming months, as the world grapples with this unprecedented health crisis, it will be a terrible missed opportunity if we do not learn from this crisis, and boost our economy by investing in sustainable practices.
HOW THE APPROVAL OF THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL 60 YEARS AGO HELPED CHANGE LIVES
"It was just like going from night to day, as far as the freedom of it," Cato said. "And to know that I had control, that I had choice, that I controlled my body. It gave me a whole new lease on life."
NEW MOMS MAY FACE UPHILL BATTLE AFTER GIVING BIRTH. HERE'S WHAT TO WATCH FOR.
May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, but the topic has been on the minds of many for weeks now, as the coronavirus has spread rapidly across communities, the country, and the world, leading to increased anxiety in pregnant and postpartum women.
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER REVIEWS PLANET OF THE HUMANS
As you may know, the Michael Moore produced film, Planet of The Humans (director Jeff Gibbs), has set off a maelstrom of internecine criticism – meaning the most vociferous critics of the film emanate from within the environmental ranks itself.
