Soap opera could be unlikely form of birth control in Uganda

An NGO has recut and overdubbed a Venezuelan telenovela to raise awareness of sexual health

Uganda has one of the highest birth rates in the world. It also has some of the most dedicated soap opera watchers anywhere in Africa.

Now a group of enterprising Ugandans is aiming to tackle the former through the medium of the latter. Soap operas are expensive to make, however, so they plan instead to "hack" a Venezuelan import, recutting the existing series and overdubbing it with Ugandan actors.