developmentmedia.netDevelopment Media International (DMI)
- Kind
- Public health specialist
- Parent
- independent
- Country
- GB, BF, TZ, MZ
- Website
- https://developmentmedia.net
- Their case studies
- https://developmentmedia.net/projects/
- Clients
- Wellcome Trust · Planet Wheeler Foundation · Global Innovation Fund · USAID Development Innovation Ventures · Cartier Philanthropy · Ministries of health of Burkina Faso and Tanzania
Campaigns (5)
| Campaign | Client | Year | Topic | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunza Afya lead Tanzania radio/TV campaign on malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, antenatal care and infant feeding, 2022-2026/27. Lives-saved figure (about 10,850) is DMI modelling, not measured. Fetched 2026-10-22. | Cartier Philanthropy and private donors; Tanzania Ministry of Health partner | 2022 | Child health | Creative |
| ASTUTE mass media campaign (Lake Zone nutrition) lead Radio and TV spots targeting fathers to reduce child stunting, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Geita, Kagera, Kigoma; qualitative process evaluation 2017-2020 by DMI authors (Kezakubi et al., PLoS One 2026). DMI's authorship implies it ran the campaign; the abstract does not say so explicitly. Fetched (PubMed abstract) 2026-10-22. | ASTUTE project, Tanzania | 2017 | Nutrition | Creative |
| Family planning radio campaign (RCT) Burkina Faso, June 2016-December 2018; 16 radio areas randomised; DMI reports +5.9 pp mCPR. Fetched 2026-10-22. | Global Innovation Fund / USAID Development Innovation Ventures | 2016 | Family planning | Creative |
| Child survival radio campaign (cluster RCT) Burkina Faso, March 2012-January 2015; 152 radio spots and 220 drama segments in six languages on seven stations; evaluated by LSHTM. Fetched 2026-10-22. | Wellcome Trust / Planet Wheeler Foundation | 2012 | Child health | Creative |
| SUNRISE early childhood development radio campaign (cluster RCT) lead Radio campaign on responsive caregiving and early learning, NCT05335395; protocol only, results not yet found. Fetched (PubMed abstract) 2026-10-22. | Burkina Faso (UCL / LSHTM trial) | Child health | Creative |
Research notes
UK community interest company (affiliation 'Development Media International CIC' in PubMed records); Roy Head is chief executive and co-author of the trials. Founder and founding year not on the fetched pages. Writes and produces its own radio/TV spots and drama, so role 'creative' and agency kind 'public-health-specialist' (closest; see report gap). Other listed projects not yet detailed: WISH2ACTION (family planning, nine countries), Samala Umoyo (Zambia), Better Health (Uganda), Mwana Mayi (Malawi), Tomady (Madagascar), Côte d'Ivoire early childhood RCT. Credits fetched from source pages 2026-10-22.
Sources
Record agencies/development-media-international.json, updated 2026-10-22