 | | | | Update | | 23 November, 2006 | | | | | Workshop on Bird flu for journalists | |  | | Uganda Media for Health invites journalists in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria, Gambia, and Ghana, to apply for a workshop focusing on bird flu to be held in Kampala, Uganda. more information | |
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| | | Yes, listserv member, Dr. Thomas Egwan, on behalf of the Uganda Media for Health, is inviting those of you from those countries mentioned above, to apply for this workshop - but you only have 7 days left... the deadline for applications is 30 November, 2006. Travel and subsistence costs are provided. | | | I've provided a lot of information relating to awards and fellowships in this update: including the Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting (at Harvard University), the Panos Fellowships on Global Trade and Access to Treatment, and many others. | | | Only a week to go before World AIDS Day on 1st of December. I've provided some links that may assist in your quest for a story - on the right. Also, if you want to book a radio or TV interview with a W.H.O. HIV/AIDS expert click here for more details. |
| | If you have any questions about the information here, you only need to send a reply to this email. | | take care,
Colin Lloyd,
Health and Media listserv moderator and editor,
South Africa |
| | | | Fourteen new listserv members: | | | Participants from the "Malaria Reporting Workshop" organised in Addis Ababa by the Science Development Network in September, have now been signed up to our health and media listserv. They include: Abebayehu Gebeyehu , Admas Advertising PLC; Abreham Fisseha, Agency France Press; Andualem Sisay, Crown Publishing PLC; Dagnachew Tekelu, Daily Monitor and UN IRIN; Abera Belete, Educational Media Agency; Wondimagne Mitiku, Ethiopia Radio; Tewodros Negash , Ethiopian Television Agency; Behailu Shiferaw, Ethiopian Volunteer Media Professionals Against AIDS (EVMPA); Mesay Wondimeneh, FM Addis; Tamerat Hailu, Kumneger Magazine; Haimanot Kagnew, Ethiopia Radio & Television; Nigist Tilahun, Ethiopia Radio & Television; Kamil Sabit, Community Radio Harari | | | | In addition, 25 year old Mbonguh Lesline Fogham, who holds a BSc. in Journalism and Mass Communication joins us from Bamenda, Cameroon. Mbonguh is interested in Public Relations and broadcasting. | | | | | | 1. Contributions |
| | | | >> MEMBER EMAILS | | | | Workshop on reproductive health held in Yaounde | | Guy Martial Youmeni, radio journalist, Cameroon | | | Un atelier d’imprégnation des journalistes au concept de la santé de reproduction s’est ouvert a Yaoundé le mardi 07 et s’est achevé le mercredi 08 novembre 2006. l’initiateur de cet atelier n’était autre que l’ UNESCO ( l’organisation des nations unies pour l’ éducation ,la science et la culture. | | plus | | | | | | 2. Health News |
| | | | HIV rate in China up 30 per cent | | | The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, state media said on Wednesday, warning the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public. | | more from Rueters | | | | Uganda Tops Africa's TB List | | | Uganda has the highest Tuberculosis prevalence rate in Africa Dr Stefan Kaufmann has said. | | more from Global Health | | | | Clues to Pandemic Bird Flu Found | | | International scientists believe they have identified some of the key steps needed for bird flu to develop into the deadly pandemic strain of the disease. | | more from Global Health | | | | Religious leaders meet in Zanzibar over HIV/AIDS | | | Religious leaders from all over the world are meeting in Zanzibar to discuss several issues including the fight against HIV/Aids in their respective countries.According to a statement from the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, signed by its Media Relations Officer, Hajji Nsereko Mutumba, the conference that opened yesterday will end on November 17. | | http://allafrica.com/stories/200611150310.html | | | | Nigeria gov't warns against bird flu vaccinating | | | In a somewhat surprising move, the Nigerian government asked poultry farmers and veterinary doctors to desist from vaccinating poultry against the avian influenza better known as "bird flu". Nigeria's poultry industry has over 140 million domestic birds and the sector contributes 9 percent to the country's Gross Domestic Product. | | http://www.afrol.com/articles/22461 | | | Latest World Health Headlines
Latest HIV/AIDS Headlines
Latest Malaria Headlines
Latest News from World Health Organisation | | | | | | 3. Opportunities |
| | | | Click headlines for more information | | Panos Fellowships on Global Trade and Access to Treatment
Senior-level print and radio journalists from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with experience in covering health issues are invited to apply for a Panos Fellowship on Global Trade and Access to Treatment. Application
Deadline: December 1
The Global Health Excellence in Media Award
The Excellence in Media Award is given annually to a journalist who has in the prior year effectively covered a major global health issue and conveyed it to a broad audience.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2007
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting
The ICIJ award honors trans-national investigative reporting. The competition is open to any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium. The main criterion for eligibility is that the investigation -- either a single work or a single-subject series -- involves reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance.
Application Deadline: February 17, 2007
International Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University
Nieman Fellowships are awarded to reporters, editors, photographers, producers, editorial writers and cartoonists, and Internet specialists with at least five years of full-time, professional experience in news media.
Application Deadline: December 15, 2006
Joan Shorenstein Fellowship on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
The Joan Shorenstein Fellowship is a one-semester research fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Fellows are domestic or international journalists, scholars and/or policymakers who are interested in the influence of the press on public policy and politics.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2007
John S. Knight Fellowships
The one-year, John S. Knight professional journalism fellowships at Stanford offer qualified, mid-career journalists the chance to broaden and deepen their understanding of a changing world.
Application Deadline: December 15, 2006 for international applications February 1, 2007 for U.S. applications
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT
MIT's mid-career program is designed for experienced journalists who cover science, technology, medicine or the environment, or journalists who wish to prepare themselves to cover these fields. Fellows spend an academic year on campus, attending courses and participating in twice-weekly seminars with researchers.
Application Deadline: March 1, every year
MISA Scholarship for Southern African Journalists
The program offers individuals working in all areas of the media -- including managerial, editorial, advertising and technical sectors -- the opportunity to work in different media institutions to learn new skills and develop existing ones.
Application Deadline: Open all year
Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting
Three Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting will be available for the 2007 to 2008 academic year. One fellowship will go to a U.S. citizen, one to a citizen of a European Union nation, and one to a journalist from a developing country.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2007
Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism -- Excellence in Reporting on HIV/AIDS
This award recognizes Indian print media in English and Marathi and will be given to an author of an article or series that makes a contribution to awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues. It is offered by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation in partnership with USAID, the Avert Society and the Health Communication Partnership/Johns Hopkins University.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2006 | | | | | | 4. Upcoming events |
| | | December 1, 2006 World AIDS day
December 5, 2006 International Day for Economic and Social Development
December 10, 2006 Human Rights Day
March 8, 2007 International Women’s Day
March 21 to 23, 2007 World Development Advisers Conference – ecumenical, Swannick, Derbyshire
April 8, 2007 World Health Day – Theme is Health and Security: Outbreaks and crisis
April 25, 2007 Africa Malaria Day
April, 2007 World Health Assembly (date TBC)
May 25 to 29, 2007 European Congress on Tropical Medicine & International Health, Amsterdam May UK Malaria Awareness Week – CAM collaboration with GSK Initiative
June 6 to 8, 2007 G8 Meeting in Germany
July 11, 2007 World Population Day | | | | | | 5. Resources |
| | | | HIV/AIDS update for December '06 | | UNAIDS/WHO Epidemic Update: December 2006 The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. | | Download pdf file (2.2Mb) | | | | |
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