 | | | | Update | | 13 November, 2006 | | | | | Youth quizzed on course field visit | |  | | CBA Training Manager, Jasmine Dhariwal, speaks with members of a community youth group in a Delhi slum to find out what they know about HIV and AIDS and other health concerns. | |
| |
| | | Jasmine from the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), pictured above, along with Daniel Woolford representing the Commonwealth Secretariat, were both in Delhi with me supporting our first Health and Media course in India. You can read Daniel's article about this course on the Commonwealth Secretariat's website: | | Click to view article | |
| | | Well now... Delhi was our 14th Health and Media course in just over 3 years. With the addition of newest course participants, this listserv has now grown to over 300 members working in over 40 countries... are there more ways to take advantage of our network? I am sure many of you can come up with some innovative suggestions. If you have any ideas, send them in. | | | You might like to find out more about our listserv members: visit this link to find out what organisations are represented: http://healthandmedia.org/listservmembers.html | |
| | | Contents? ...there is something very interesting for female journalists sown in section 3 (Opportunities) but you don't have much time to apply - Listserv member, Tikum Azonga from the Cameroon has compiled a book on HIV/AIDS but its not what you would expect: more in section 1 (member emails). Also in Section 1, Lucky Mulumba says she is on the verge of tears. In section 2 (Health News) information on how the media can play a key role in polio prevention. In addition, I've added more information on awards and fellowships - the usual. Oh... I almost forgot, you can enter (free) a competition and possibly win a thousand pounds. I'm not sure where that one is, but it's included here somewhere... (yes, 1000 pounds) | | | Send me your emails, and send me some photos to brighten our listserv up a bit. Maybe you've won an award... or participated in something that may be of interest to us - send it in - I'll be waiting. | | take care,
Colin Lloyd,
Health and Media listserv moderator and editor,
South Africa | | |
| | | | The Health and Media listserv now has 310 members | | | Twenty new listserv members: | | | This includes all our newest Health and Media participants from the course held in Delhi earlier this month: Helal Kabir, Assistant Director, Bangladesh Television, Anna Ah-wan, Producer, Seychelles Broadcasting, Jaiprakash Gunnoo, Senior producer, Mauritius Broadcasting, Mariska Noble, Producer, South Africa Broadcasting Corp., Monica M'manga, producer/presenter, Malawi Broadcasting, Hamid Huzam, Newscaster, TV Maldives, Arti Pandey, Media Fellow, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University, Bhopal, India, Kavita Bajeli-Datt, Senior Principal Correspondent, Press Trust of India, New Delhi, Sujata Raghavan, Associate Editor, Charkha Development Communication Network, New Delhi, Moumita De Das, Correspondent, Electronics For You, Calcutta, Gaurav Saigal, Reporter, Hindustan Times, Lucknow, India, Shailendra Shrivastav, Bureau Chief/ Reporter, Tarun Mitra, Lucknow, India, Brajesh Kumar Giri, Reporter, Prabhat Khabar, Kankarbag, India, Praveen Kumar, Reporter, The Pioneer, New Delhi, India, Madan, Kumar, Correspondent, All India Radio, New Delhi, Kihkishiy Lawrence*, Health reporter, Cameroon Radio and Television (*could not make the course due to visa difficulties) | | | In addition, there were five more who signed up to the listserv via the Health and Media website including: Elizabeth Equbay, a senior reporter with Addis Admass Newspaper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, TV Padma, the South Asian Regional Coordinator for the Science Development Network in Delhi, India, Chernoh Bah, the editor of Africanist Press, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Solomon Tembang Mforgham, Desk Coordinator at Eden Newspaper and Eden Radio, in Limbe, Cameroon. | | | | | | 1. Contributions |
| | | | >> MEMBER EMAILS | | | | Book of poems on HIV/AIDS from Cameroon | | Tikum Azonga, TV journalist, Cameroon Radio and TV | | | "Thanks for keeping the listserv alive and kicking. I'm pleased to inform you that since our training course here in Cameroon, I have published a book on HIV AIDS. The book features poems relating to HIV prevention,voluntary testing and counselling, the care and support of those living with HIV and AIDS. My wish is to have this new voice about the pandemic reach the widest possible audience. Already, the response within Cameroon is quite encouraging and I hope to make this book available to listserv members soon." | | | | | | Lesothos HIV testing runs into problems | | Teboho Senthebane, former TV Producer, Lesotho Broadcasting - now studying at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa | | | "Lesotho's ambitious plans to offer and facilitate HIV testing to all its citizens over the age of 12 has run into some major obstacles. The 'Know Your Status' campaign has received technical support from the WHO, and financial backing from the Global Fund, the UNDP, and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, but much of the US$12.5 million needed to carry out testing has not yet been raised. And even if the programme is carried out, there are concerns that there will be a sharp increase in those seeking treatment. This could overwhelm Lesotho's already ailing healthcare system." | | | | | | Tears of joy: support for SCD in Uganda is pouring in | | Lukiah Lucky Nakabembe Mulumba, Pediatric Intensive Care RN, BSN, USAF, Chairperson, UASCRF, San Antonio, Texas, USA | | | "Things are looking up for those with Sickle Cell Disease in Uganda. Ruth Mukiibi, Chairperson of Sickle Cell Disease Association of Uganda, has received our donated Van. Our organisation, UASCRF, has given another 1300 dollars toward its costs. In addition, I have just received a call from a lady in Atlanta, Georgia who is donating 3000 children's books for the younger patients. She will also be assisting in the application of grants to support a convention, a clinic, and other needs. Meanwhile, Ugandans are now becoming more aware and providing more support. The Ministry of Health and the Ugandan Government have now offered to pay for the taxes on the Van, its daily gas, and maintenance. The Japanese car company also donated some children's clothes, and a computer and camera for the clinic. I am very happy! I feel like crying! ... and, thanks for the publicity. Your web site is great." | | | | | | 2. Health News |
| | | | Funding shortfall to affect health programmes in Uganda | | | Health programmes in Uganda could be disrupted following a decision by the Global Fund to exclude the country from its list of beneficiaries, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The decision by the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria would exclude Uganda from the list of countries due to receive part of its sixth round of grants. | | more: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56276 | | | | | | Masai healers fill public health services void in Zambia | | | Rising demand for the services of traditional healers is drawing Tanzanian Masai practitioners across the border to fill the void left by the creaking Zambian public health system, but their discounted prices are upsetting their local counterparts. | | more: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56264 | | | | | | Kenyan project improves radio coverage of HIV/AIDS | | | Coverage of HIV/AIDS issues on Kenyan radio has improved greatly since 2003 because of the airing of more programs about HIV during prime time, the coverage of a greater variety of HIV topics and the use of voices directly affected by the disease, according to Steadman International, an independent research firm based in Kenya. The improved coverage has resulted from the Local Voices project, according to the research firm’s findings. Local Voices was established by the Internews Network in 2003. The project includes a media research center, radio production studio, intensive hands-on training, travel and equipment grants for radio professionals, as well as training for volunteers on effective communication strategies. | | For more information | | | | | | Media can play key role in Polio prevention | | | According to Dr. M. Azmoudeh, a medical officer for the WHO Polio Eradication Program, Sindh, the eradication of polio in Pakistan is not occurring largely due to public insensitivity to the disease. Some of the reasons for this include unmotivated community leaders, unhygienic conditions, and inadequate coordination among the districts during the vaccination campaign. Dr. Azmoudeh attributes this failure to the fact that the public is not adequately educated about the early vaccination programme. He believes that both the media and community members who are "privileged and better educated" have key roles to play in disseminating vaccination information, such as by printing the vaccination schedule during campaign days, and in motivating people to take part in campaigns. | | visit: the communication initiative for more information | | | | | Latest World Health News Headlines
Latest HIV/AIDS Headlines
Latest Malaria Headlines
Latest News from World Health Organisation | | | | | | 3. Opportunities |
| | | | Women Journalists Sought for Health Reporting Network | | | The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in Washington, D.C., is inviting senior-level women journalists from developing countries around the world to apply to its Women's Edition program. Twelve women journalists from the print and broadcast media will be selected to join the program and attend two seminars in 2007. The program is designed to provide the journalists with information on family planning, safe motherhood, and other reproductive health issues so they can better cover these topics for their media organizations. The deadline for applications is Nov. 17, 2006. Full sponsorships are available. | | click here for more information, or visit the PRB website www.prb.org or contact Deborah Mesce at dmesce@prb.org | | | | GAP / Stop TB: media fellowships | | | The Panos Global AIDS Programme and Stop TB Partnership invite print and broadcast journalists from Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya ,Lesotho, Pakistan, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe to apply for a fellowship to write/produce features on issues around TB, and TB & HIV/AIDS. Fellowships will run from December 2006 to June 2007. Deadline: 1 December, 2006. Click link below for more information | | http://www.panos.org.uk/global/tbfellowships2006.asp | | | | | | Award: US$2,000.00 for best HIV/AIDS PSA | | | The Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) is happy to announce a World Award for the Best Public Service Announcement on HIV and AIDS. The award is to promote quality Radio programming related to HIV and AIDS. The entry form with a copy of the programme(s), along with a full English translation should reach the AIBD not later than 1st of December 2006. Any question or enquiry about these awards should be addressed to AIBD through admin@aibd.org.my A jury composed of experts and broadcast professionals will select the best entries, and the awards will be announced during the Asia Media Summit 2007 (31 May’07). Deadline :1st December, 2006 | | Entry form (Word format)
Entry Form (pdf format) | | | | | | Enter your photo and you could win 1000 pounds | | | Entries are now being invited for the 2006/7 Commonwealth Photographic Awards The overall theme for the Awards this year is ‘Achievement’. This is an open competition for all Commonwealth residents. These Awards offer a view of how people in the Commonwealth, with its mixture of races, creeds, cultures and ways of life, see themselves and others. Deadline: 17 January, 2007 | | | more info http://www.cpu.org.uk/photoawards/ | | | | | | 4. Resources |
| | | | Sixth Africa malaria day in 2006: how far have we come after the Abuja Declaration? | | | This article reviews the malaria situation in Africa six years after the Abuja Declaration, highlighting the malaria disease burden trends, failures, achievements, challenges and the way forward. | | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/102 |
| | | | | CONTENTS |
| | 1. Your emails | | | 2. Health News | | | 3. Opportunities | | | 4. Resources | |
| | | TRANSLATIONS |
| | | | images |
| |  | | | Health and Media course participant from TV Maldives, Hamid Huzam, on a field visit at India’s National Institute of Immunology. He is holding a bacteria sample used by scientists to aid in the study of Tuberculosis. Fifteen print, radio, and TV journalists participated in the week-long workshop held in Delhi from the 30 October to 3 November, 2006 | | | reporting on health |
| | | A new survey in South Africa has proven the positive effect of media campaigns in raising HIV/AIDS awareness | | | more information | |
|
|
