Ministerio de Salud Pública

Celebración del Día Mundial de la Audición

Primary site: AMR – Dominican Republic
Additional site(s):

As a Visual and Hearing Health program of the Ministry of Public Health, we participated in a state radio program with nationwide reach, to talk about the Prevention of deafness and cochlear implants, in the context of the celebration of World Hearing Day with the WHO slogan: ¨Changing the mentality¨. We highlight some myths and behaviors applied by communities that can damage hearing and provide tools to avoid deafness.

Live event: Yes
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