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Impact Data - Capital Doctor

Country

Uganda

Access

Capital Radio reaches a general audience of 5 million, physically covering approximately 75% of the population, and 65% of these are believed to be outside of Kampala. Listeners are in the hundreds of thousands for each show. As of March 1998, 2,200 questions had been answered on-air. Capital Doctor was a top programme for high school students in three districts of Uganda, 26% in Kasese, 75.6% in Luwero and 18.4% in Masindi. 70% of respondents at an STD clinic had listened to Capital Doctor, 57% correctly stated day and time of broadcast, 22% listened every week, 15% listened 2-3 times a month.

Practices

91% of reported condom users were listeners to the programme, 71% of those who reported to ‘always' use condoms were listeners. Those who listened to Capital Doctor were more likely than non-listeners to use condoms.

Contact

Straight Talk Foundation - Uganda

Plot 4, Acacia Avenue
Kololo
P. O. Box 22366

Kampala
Uganda
Tel: +256 312 262030/1
Fax: +256 414 534858

Related Summaries

Source

Mary Myers, Radio Summary Sheet ‘Capital Doctor” on Capital Radio, Uganda, May 5, 1999.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site July 15 1999
Last Updated June 03 2009



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