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The latest on Migrants as Messengers, including press releases, stories, news coverage, and reports.

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Senegal: Myth-busting Vital to Tackle Pandemic as Misinformation Grows

© Mohamed Aly Diabaté
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Leaving No One Behind in Côte d’Ivoire: How to Inform Deaf People During the Pandemic

Jahelle Interview
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Ivorian singer Jahelle Bonee lends support in the fight against COVID-19

Senegal Serie de Photo Covid-19
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Briser les mythes : combattre la désinformation pour vaincre le virus

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Nigeria: Bringing COVID-19 Prevention Messages to Benin Market

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Migrant Returnees, Gambian Authorities Join Forces to Step Up COVID-19 Community Engagement

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La poésie derrière les masques : au Sénégal, les slameuses se mobilisent contre le Covid-19

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Comic Strips Provide Preventative Information to Protect People from Virus

Stay Home and Dance
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‘Stay Home and Dance!’ Say Volunteers in West Africa

OIM/Alhagie Manka
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Après la pandémie

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One Woman, One Voice: How to Support Returnees in Nigeria During the Pandemic

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Community Photo Series

Credit: Jacob Kouyate / IOM
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Poetry Behind Masks

Since her return to The Gambia, Rosamond’s thriving grocery shop has helped her pay for her daughter’s education. IOM/Alhagie Manka
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Resilient upon Return

A participant uses the portable handwashing station.
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20 mothers, one training, one fight: against COVID-19

Abdoulaye learns the correct method of wearing a mask and gloves from Dr. Fatoumata Sanassy Keita. Photo: IOM Guinea 2020
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Returned Migrants in Guinea Help Prevent Misinformation on COVID-19

Returned migrants from Sierra Leone record "Corona virus is real.
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Returned Migrants in Sierra Leone Use Music and Ebola Experience to Combat COVID-19

Bamba Badiane, Migrants as Messengers volunteer in Senegal, holds up a handwritten message as part of a Covid-19 myth-busting photo campaign. The words, in Wolof, translate as: “Garlic does not cure [coronavirus], let's respect sanitary measures”.
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Migrant Returnees Lead Community Outreach for COVID-19 in West Africa

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Peer-to-Peer Communication is Key to Raise Awareness

Senegal VFO
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Scientific Impact Evaluation Reveals Power of Peer-to-Peer Video Campaign in West Africa