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FEBRUARY 10, 2007 CONTENTS 1. Your emails 2. Health news 3. Opportunities 4. Resources LISTSERV ONLINE Online version Pdf version Health + Media website Listserv Archives AVIAN FLU GUIDE
unicef guide
According to the Guide, Malaysia’s success in preventing massive bird flu outbreaks can be attributed to the country’s ongoing efforts against the virus.
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 Jodi Bieber ..."One day, I said we must use a condom when we sleep together. He said, why am I saying that. It means that I have slept with someone else. That's when I realized that you never know what a man wants. I wanted us to both be safe. But still there was no trust, and he would always put the blame on me. I found out that he had an affair with someone else."... SOURCES Some of the information provided in the Health and Media Listserv update is sourced from the following organisations: Int'l Centre for Journalists Communication Initative Global Health Reporting Pambazuka News Medical News Today Reuters BBC News Harvard World Health News All Africa News Global Health Council World Health Organisation The Malaria Journal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This time, I was going to make sure that I had prepared and sent out this update well before I had to make my way to Malaysia, where the first of our two in-country health and media courses are taking place this month.... and with four hours before I have to leave for the airport, I'm not sure I have had much success. Perhaps the Gambian president could pass along some advice on multi-tasking? These two new courses are headed up by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association - CBA , will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from the 12 to the 16 March (partnering with the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development - AIBD, for the Malaysian regional course), and Port au Spain, Trinidad, a week later, starting on the 26 February. One of the most beneficial aspects of this listserv is the network of journalists, health professionals, and many others who are interested in improving health communication in the media. If you do not want your name on this list, please let me know.
2. Health News Spotlight on Microbicide trials South Africa’s Medical Research Council (MRC) is investigating whether more than 20 women who have become HIV positive during a scientific trial, had been infected as a result of use of the microbicide that was being tested to prevent infection in the first place. More information Swaziland: Knowledge is dying In Swaziland, farming know-how is passed on from parent to child. But for many children whose parents die of AIDS the expertise dies with them, leaving hunger and destitution, according to a report by Nathi Gule for Panos. Many parents don’t pass on their farming techniques to children at such an early stage. Most children learn farming later on through observation and working with elder family members. More information Home Malaria test kits recommended Africa must work towards providing home-based rapid diagnostic test kits and give more consideration to gender issues in the fight against malaria, a new report recommends. The report, commissioned by Femmes Africa Solidarite and released at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last week (25 January), explores the issue of gender in malaria policies. More information on SciDev.net Latest World Health Headlines Latest HIV/AIDS Headlines Latest Malaria Headlines Latest News from World Health Organisation 3. Opportunities 5th World Conference of Science Journalists 4. Resources and links Global Health TV initiative resumes The Global Health Council is releasing a 2007 edition of the popular "Global Health TV" initiative, which was launched at the 2006 Annual Conference. Global Health TV will consist of a daily broadcast from the Washington, D.C. venue of our 34th Annual International Conference on Global Health. It will feature conference highlights, interviews with leading figures and reports on issues facing the global health community. To review some of the highlights and documentary films from last year's edition, visit the Global Health TV home page. Global Health TV Home Page Africa: Speaking Freely, Being Strong This research report by Panos looks at how social movements have brought energy, vitality and self-defined change to local, national and international responses to HIV and AIDS. By bringing people together and advocating effectively, social movements have amplified voices of people most affected by HIV and AIDS and created opportunities for their voices to influence governments and other decision makers. Download PDF file at: http://www.panos.org.uk/files/speakingfreely.pdf
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