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Original Article

Can health promotion videos ‘go viral’? A non-randomised, controlled, before-and-after pilot study to measure the spread and impact of local language mobile videos in Burkina Faso

Tessa SwigartDevelopment Media International, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer HollowellDevelopment Media International, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4041-5732View further author information
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Pieter RemesDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoView further author information
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Matthew LavoieDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoView further author information
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Joanna MurrayDevelopment Media International, London, UKView further author information
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Mireille BelemDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoView further author information
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Rita LamoukriDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoView further author information
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Souleymane SaloukaDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoView further author information
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Kethakie LamahewaDevelopment Media International, London, UKView further author information
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Roy HeadDevelopment Media International, London, UKView further author information
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Article: 1600858 | Received 23 Jan 2019, Accepted 25 Mar 2019, Published online: 08 May 2019

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