The Ear Trust
Title: Hearing awareness – World Hearing Day
Primary site: EUR – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Additional site(s): AFR – Malawi
Description:
The initial process was submitting press releases from our hospital – Bradford Royal Infirmary- for World Hearing Day presentation.
This covered the importance of hearing and the protection of hearing. We have established links with audiological services in Malawi and their program of outreach and delivery of hearing aids. In Zomba ear and hearing screening was held with help from staff from Blantyre and the Welcome Foundation.
Interviews were held with BBC radio
Live event: No
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Met with individual policymakers: No
Participation of policymakers: No
Participation of influencers: No
WHO educational or publicity material used: Yes