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U.N. Slashes AIDS Estimates

Prize for TB Reporting

Job: Media Development, Congo

Grant for Malaria awareness

Job: BBC World Service

World AIDS Day links, resources

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

CONTENTS

1. New members
2. Emails
3. Health news
4. Jobs
5. Awards/Fellowships
6. Resources

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The 2007 AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic�s evolution. Download report (PDF)

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Update


WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER, 2007

		"With its wide-reaching, global infrastructure and communications expertise, the media�s ability to change the course of the AIDS crisis is virtually unparalleled."- UNAIDS

Media for World AIDS Day

The World AIDS Campaign has released media resources for World AIDS Day to assist journalists, editors and broadcasters in covering events.
Link here

OK... here it is: the World AIDS Day resources issue. Guides, stories ideas, all kinds of links and information.

Only a few days to go... so, get moving!

And, thanks to all of you who are sending in your stories and information - keep 'em coming.

Take care,
Colin Lloyd,
Health and Media listserv Moderator/editor

1. New members

Sarah Wanjiku Kimani, from the Nation Media Group, Nairobi, Kenya

Godwin Muhwezi, Print Journalist at with Daily Monitor, in Kampala, Uganda

Michael Mkandawire who produces and presents a programme called, "Living Positively" for Channel for All Nations Radio, in Lilongwe
Malawi

Simons Boamah, an editor with aaswg/sangnet in Accra, Ghana

Danny Flecther Kajokoto, Founder and Programme Director for Dialogue Africa International Trust in Harare, Zimbabwe

Tamunobarabi Gogo Ibulubo, A journalist and educator with Rivers State Broadcasting/Television in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Millicent Amolo Oula from Nairobi, Kenya

2. Emails

Irene Ndjabun, Journalist, Cameroon
There are new articles on HIV/Aids in Cameroon on my blog: www.jumelles-blog.africaciel.com

Abebebayh Gebeyaw, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Any information about world AIDS day?

3. Health news

Beijing Sees Jump in HIV/AIDS Cases
China's capital has registered nearly 973 new HIV/AIDS cases so far this year, a jump of more than 50 percent from 2006, state media reported.
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U.N. Slashes AIDS Estimates
In Latest Report The United Nations has slashed its estimates of how many people are infected with the AIDS virus, from nearly 40 million to 33 million.
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How the World Thinks About AIDS
Twenty five years into the AIDS epidemic, how much have the public's attitudes toward the disease and toward HIV-positive patients changed?
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TB 'Out of Control in Zimbabwe'
Tuberculosis (TB) and its drug resistant strain is out of control in Zimbabwe, advocacy organisations in the country have warned.
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XDR-TB found in HIV-positive patients in India
In a nine month study period, investigators identified 54 HIV-positive individuals with TB, and four of these patients had XDR-TB. All four died within three months.
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World AIDS Day Brings Awareness, Action
World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. Every day, 8,000 people worldwide die from AIDS.
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Many People Don't Think AIDS is Fatal
Survey In a nine-country survey released, more than 40 percent of respondents did not understand that AIDS is always a fatal disease.
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Latest HIV/AIDS headlines
Latest Malaria Headlines
Latest WHO news updates

4. Jobs

News Media Coordinator
Population Reference Bureau - Washington, DC
The post holder will develop training programmes for journalists as part of efforts to raise awareness of family planning and other reproductive health issues in developing countries. More

Project Manager, Media Development
D. R. Congo - based Kinshasa 2 yrs renewable contract. DFID/France Cooperation Internationale requires a bilingual French/English-speaking manager for its new media programme.
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News Media Coordinator
Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC. The News Media Coordinator will work with the manager of media programs and others at PRB to develop training programs for journalists as part of efforts to raise awareness of family planning and other reproductive health issues in developing countries.
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Country Director
BBC World Service Trust, Bangladesh.
The BBC World Service Trust uses media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries.
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5. Awards/ fellowships

Grant to raise awareness about malaria
Media organizations may apply.
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Bangladesh AIDS reporting contest deadline
A contest for HIV/AIDS reporting in Bangladesh has extended its deadline to December 11.
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Photo contest raises awareness of disabled people
The theme of the contest is "Decent work for persons with disabilities."
Entry deadline: November 21.
More: http://asiamediaforum.org/node/757

Contest honours best reporting on health care
Reporters who have covered health issues can submit their best work for the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. Deadline: January 16.
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Journalism Prize for TB Reporting
The award will recognize reporting and commentary in print and on the web.
More details

Award for Global Health & Human Rights
Nomination Deadline: Jan. 15, 2008.

Award Background
Nomination Criteria
Nomination Form

6. Resources

Taste for Life
by Andre Croucamp and Neil Napper
A New Resource on the Relationship Between HIV and Nutrition:
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189358

Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Treatment
A Collection of Information, Tools and Resources for NGOs, CBOs and PLWHA Groups
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189406

Messages for Development Communication
by Bella Mody
An Audience Participation-Based Approach
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189226

Ethics and Language
by Savyasaachi Jain (Ed.)
This chapter highlights 10 principles on media coverage of HIV/AIDS.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189410

Betengna Ethiopia
This is a radio series of self-narrated stories dealing with the everyday lives of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Ethiopia.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/134920

World Bank's Response to a Development Crisis
The Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program 2000-2006
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/72170

A Guide to Gender and Malaria Resources
published by Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership and Kvinno forum.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189594

Sexual and Reproductive Health Resources
This online media resource pack from Panos London.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189598

Dialing for Health in Africa
by Manasee Wagh
This article explores trends in the use of mobile phones as a strategy for tracking epidemics such as HIV/AIDS.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/223330

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