Films held at Duke on topics related to health issues in African countries in the French language. These films include a narrative on quality of life issues that are related to health topics; several films include interviews with health care workers. Click on the catalog link to get a paragraph description of the film content; please note that Duke holds many films on these topics in the English language.
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Sample search: To identify film about social conditions and topics within global health, international health, or public health, search WorldCat
Subject: Benin
Language: French
Format: Visual Materials
This sample search brings up 179 films, which include films about Swiss aid in Benin, social conditions, women’s issues and more. The list on the left are examples of such films held at Duke. If you identify a film of interest not held at Duke contact the librarian to suggest a purchase
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The UPenn African Studies Center provides a list of diseases and associated initiatives this list provides good keywords http://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/diseases.htm
Another strategy is to search in Worldcat with the NGO name as “author” - for example, the World Bank produced a movie about Public Health in Africa Title: Pour une meilleure santé en Afrique: les leçons de l'expérience.
Corp Author(s): Banque mondiale. (not held at Duke)
Note that French aid focuses on Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of Guinea, Senegal and Togo