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Seattle-based non-profit launches program to improve the health of 24,000 women and at-risk children in 75 low-literate communities across rural Ghana

SEATTLE, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Literacy Bridge is responding to the need for a comprehensive solution in global health and hunger by kicking off its Health & Agriculture Communication for Women & Children Program, which is designed to improve the health of 24,000 women and at-risk children in 75 low- literate communities across rural Ghana. The program utilizes an integrated, cost-effective communications strategy that conveys critical health messages and farming best practices on-demand through the organization's network of low-cost audio computers, or Talking Books.

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Literacy Bridge's program specifically targets pregnant women, mothers of under-five children, and family members. Working with local experts from UNICEF, Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Ghana Mi...

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