Spots - Roll Back Malaria

ANNEX 3: SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR SPOTSTitle:Two timesProduct: IPT to prevent malaria in pregnant womenTarget audience: Rural women who are pregnantMedia:RadioLanguage: EnglishDuration: 60 secSFXFAITHDOROTIAFAITHDOROTIAFAITHSFXSFXFAITHSISTERMUSICANNCR(TAG)RURAL HOMESTEAD EXTERIOR SOUNDS-CHICKENS,INFANT BABY COOING UP AND FADES OUT(ENTHUSIASTIC) Hello Dorotia! You and your new baby look very healthy!Eh, can you tell? I am four months pregnant.Eh, Faith … That is good news. Your first baby! Have you been toantenatal care services yet? When I was four months along, the midwifethere told me that because I was pregnant, malaria could cause moreserious problems for me and my baby.(SURPISED) Really. I didn’t know that.Yes, Faith. So, make sure you go soon to get your check up and to get themedicine, two times during your pregnancy, to protect you and your babyfrom malaria. Then you'll have a healthy baby too.Thank you Dorotia for your advice. I will go to the antenatal clinic soonand I’ll get that medicine.(NEXT DAY) MORNING-COCK-CROWCLINIC SOUNDSThanks very much sister for checking my pregnancy and giving memedicine to protect me and my baby from malaria.Come back again for another check-up and your second dose ofpreventive malaria medicine.(JINGLE) UNDER AND FADE OUTPregnant women, to protect yourself and your unborn child, be sure totake medicine to prevent malaria two times, starting in the 4th month ofpregnancy.This message is brought to you by the Ministry of Health.Spot On Malaria: Guide151