The BBC reports that a packet of "public information leaflets" dropped by the Royal Air Force that was supposed to open in mid-air, spreading the word about something through Helmand province, hit the girl instead.
Locally organised public information campaigns using leaflets have been shown to increase oral cancer awareness levels, both among the general public and health service users (Humphris, Ireland and Field, 2001; Humphris and Field, 2003; Petti and Scully, 2007).
Support will be provided to technical departments for the preparation of a wide range of other public information materials, including leaflets, booklets, brochures, posters, fact sheets, information folders, external directory and yearbook entries, multimedia presentations, CD-ROMs and displays and exhibits.
Some agencies in Iraq have launched their own public information campaigns, and distributed leaflets at local mosques to explain to people the nature of their relief activities.
The ability to achieve this with a relatively simple intervention i.e. bone mineral density feedback with an information leaflet, has major potential public health benefits for osteoporosis prevention.
In order to increase public understanding for European Immunization Week, UNICEF and WHO initiated and supported the production of 20,000 public information and advocacy materials, including posters, T-shirts, and leaflets with immunization schedules.
A specific communication and public information campaign is also underway through radio messages, distribution of leaflets and posters, as well door-to-door sensitization of the population.
Each patient referred by a medical practitioner for physiotherapy for CLBP to a public hospital or community clinic will receive a detailed letter and patient information leaflet outlining the purpose of the study.
UNICEF is supporting a public information campaign, incorporating television and radio advertisements, together with posters and leaflets, warning people about the danger posed by cluster bombs and other lethal munitions.
