CRITIQUE OF THE HEALTH CHECK PROGRAMME ON BBC AND BIG BREAKFAST ON KISS 100 BY STEPHANIE 08-0750

HEALTH CHECK ON BBC WORLD SERVICE
DAY: Monday 4-10-10
TIME: 1632hrs-1700hrs
DURATION: 28 Minutes
HOST: Claudia Hammond
PRODUCER: Ms. Edwards
TARGET AUDIENCE: Aid donors, African governments, medical trainers and human beings in general.
PROGRAMME SOURCE: Foreign

The show begins with teasers of what is to come.

A discussion with Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt and Prof. Una Campbell who are in favor of child vaccination rather than maternal health care.

Station jingle

Dr. Roger Kneebone has come up with an inflatable igloo like operating room to be used for training.

Doug Kenrick, professor of Psychology at Arizona State University , has redrawn the pyramid of the hierarchy of human needs to make it less individualistic.

Time check

The programme idea is original compared to what is aired on the local radio station since it tackles international matters not just Kenyan issues.

Agenda
The programme seeks to get donors to provide more aid for child vaccination in Africa . Also medical training institutions are encouraged to get the portable O.R. Children hold you back from having a fruitful career, but the Bible tells us to reproduce.

THE BIG PREAKFAST ON KISS 100
DAY: 5-10-10
TIME: 0600hrs-1000hrs
DURATION: 4 hours
HOSTS: Caroline Mutoko, Larry Asego and Jalang’o
TARGET AUDIENCE: All Kenyans interested in getting insurance cover from the NHIF
PROGRAMME SOURCE: Local

The show is 4 hours long, but I chose to focus on the period between 7 A.M and 9 A.M. when the interviews are usually conducted.

There is a teaser on the upcoming interview. Then there is news by Najma Ismael.

Mr. Kerich, CEO of NHIF, is interviewed the benefits of the new NHIF cover. He is put on the spot too much and decides to call his colleague to assist him. Mr. Chacha fares much better in answering the questions. He says that he hopes the benefactors of the fund will spread the information by word of mouth.

The programme idea is original since the topic is one that has not been tackled before in depth on Kenyan radio.

Agenda
To find out whether the benefits of NHIF are worth the fee increase that is in the process of being implemented. The show also aims to get the NHIF to market the benefits better as the have been many complaints by people that they do not think the fee increase is justified.