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South African City Press Sunday columnist, Khathu Mamaila in a recent article claiming that SA Health Minister, Tshabalala-Msimang's determination to promote natural foods such as beetroot and garlic instead of ARVs had "reduced South Africa to an international joke". | | Khathu Mamaila | | |
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| Thank you for sending in your emails, updates, comments, and contributions over the past couple of weeks... and, congratulations to Priestley Habru, of the Solomon Islands, who won a fellowship after hearing about it here on the listserv. |
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| Soul Beat needs a Director from Southern Africa, an Asian regional coordinator is needed for a radio organisation, Scholarships, fellowships, and awards need your application... Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe all feature high on The Population Reference Bureau 2006 World Population Data Report's HIV prevalence rating list. More information included below along with Health news, and information resources. |
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| New members: |
| Three new members signed up to the listserv including Abdallah Mulumba, from San Antonio, Texas. He is the husband of Lucky Mulumba, who, along with her husband, recently started the Uganda-American Sickle Cell Rescue Fund. |
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| Also joining is Tarhyang Enowbikah, Founder and President of the Cameroon Association of Media Professionals based in Limbe, Cameroon, along with Brandy Semmler, a student from Blanchard, USA |
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| Your comments are always welcome, I look forward to hearing from you. |
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| take care, |
| Colin Lloyd, South Africa |
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| 1. Contributions |
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| >> MEMBER EMAILS |
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| Listerv member wins Jefferson Fellowship |
| Priestly Habru, journalist, Solomon Islands |
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 "I just wish to thank you for the continual updates you sent to all members. It was through the listserv that I was able to apply for -- and got accepted -- for the Jefferson Fellowship organised by the East West Center in Hawaii. I'm now looking forward to it as the only Pacific representative in the fellowship which will take 12 journalist from US, and Asia Pacific to Honolulu and study tours to Japan Thailand and India." |
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| More courses on women's health issues |
| Beatrice Obwocha, Standard Newspaper, Nairobi, Kenya |
| "Hallo Just read about the workshop to train the media on Women's health issues held in Sierra Leone. I feel that other media houses in East Africa should also take cue and train reporters and writers on the same. We would not only learn about a variety of reproductive and women’s health issues but become better equipped when reporting or writing on the same." |
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| Save a child blood donation project |
| Lukiah Lucky Nakabembe Mulumba, Pediatric Intensive Care RN, BSN, USAF, Chairperson, UASCRF, San Antonio, Texas, USA |
Place: Mulago Hospital, Kampala-Uganda
Date: Monday Sept 25th -Friday Sept 29th, 2006. TIME: 9.00 a.m.-4.00p.m
Target Beneficiaries: Patients affected by life threatening severe anemia such as sickle cell disease, pregnant women, cancer patients, trauma victims, or HIV/AIDS patients. For further directions on how you can join visit our website and check under "projects" for further info. |
| http://www.uganda-americansicklecellrescuefund.org |
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| >> MEMBER ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS |
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| Mozambique MOH warns country's health professionals |
| by Alfredo Libombo, Maputo, Mozambique |
| Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido acknowledged, once again, that some of the sector's workers have not been complying with the new regulations on prescriptions for malaria. Garrido was speaking in Maputo on Wednesday (09/08/06) during the opening session of a seminar on malaria. |
| Read whole article on Health and Media website |
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| Bangladesh: 15 per cent people not aware of HIV/AIDS |
| by Rafiqul Islam Azad, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Around 15 per cent of high risks groups (HRGs) people in the country are still unaware of HIV/AIDS or they do not know how it is transmitted one from another and they have no perception on prevention of transmission of the deadly disease. |
| Read whole article on Health and Media website |
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| >> OTHER EMAILS |
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| Soul Beat Africa Director needed |
| Chris Morry, Director , The Communication Initiative |
| "As someone in South Africa who is part of the African Soul Beat knowledge network and interactive process, we wanted to ensure that you were aware of the vacancy for Soul Beat Director, based in Johannesburg. We would very much appreciate you sharing this opportunity with any people that you think might be appropriate and interested. On behalf of the Soul Beat process - a partnership between Soul City and The Communication initiative - many thanks for your help." |
| Application details on Health and Media website |
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| 2. Health News |
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| Most Indian Politicians Fail AIDS Awareness Test |
| Most legislators in India, the country with the most AIDS infections in the world, remain ignorant about the disease, with many believing it can be spread by sharing food, toilets and offices, an official said Thursday. |
| More details from Body & Health website |
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| Obama Slams South Africa AIDS Response |
| Barack Obama, the only black U.S. senator, criticized South African leaders on Monday for their slow response to AIDS, saying they were wrong to contrast "African science and Western science." |
| More details from Global Health website |
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| Call to deliver Universal Access |
| A sense of hopefulness tempered with growing impatience marked the end of the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) today, with scientists, clinicians, policymakers, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and other community leaders and caregivers calling for an accelerated pace to scale up HIV prevention, care and treatment programs in resource-limited settings. |
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| Girl Child Network wins award |
| The Girl Child Network of Zimbabwe, an American Jewish World Service grantee since 2004, was awarded the United Nations Development Program Red Ribbon Award on Thursday, August 16, at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. This newly-created award provides worldwide recognition to an organization that has been creatively addressing HIV/AIDS prevention in Zimbabwe for the past seven years. |
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| Latest Health News Headlines: Health + Media website |
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| 3. Opportunities |
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| Applications are invited for the annual CBA Awards for Television and Radio programmes |
1. CBA-Amnesty International Award for Human Rights Programme
2. CBA-Rolls Royce Award for Exceptional News Feature
3. CBA-UNESCO Award for Science Reporting & Programming
4. CBA-UNICEF Children's Programme Award CBA-World Bank Award for Programme on Development Issues
5. CBA-IBC Award for Innovative Engineering
6. CBA-Thomson Foundation Journalist of the Year Award
7. Elizabeth R Award for Exceptional Contribution to Public Service Broadcasting |
| Application forms and more information |
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| Regional Coordinator needed for radio organisation |
| AMARC, the international, non-governmental, organisation serving the community radio movement, is seeking a Asia Pacific, Regional coordinator (RC) on a long term basis -- based in Kathmandu, Nepal. |
| For more information, go to http://amarc.asiapacific.org |
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| Fellowships offer to develop reports on development |
| Indian print journalists and photojournalists have until September 15 to apply for a fellowship that would give them up to six months to write in-depth reports on issues related to the human side of development. The National Foundation for India (NFI) is offering the Media Fellowship Program for journalists with at least five years’ experience. Five print journalists and two photojournalists will be awarded the fellowship, valued at INR100,000 (about US$2,150). At least three of the fellows will come from Indian-language newspapers. |
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| Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Scholarships |
| MISA assists individual media practitioners from southern Africa in all areas of the media (managerial, editorial, advertising, and technical) to work on attachment in another media institution to learn new skills and develop existing ones. Deadline: Rolling. |
| Details on Communication Initiative website |
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| 4. Resources |
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| Media Coverage: Avian Influenza |
| This is a listing of examples of media coverage from primarily developing country media outlets. The CI is adding to this list, in chronological order, on a monthly basis. |
| More information |
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| The Top 15 HIV/AIDS Prevalence Countries (2005) |
| Africa (percentage) |
Swaziland 33.4%
Botswana 24.1
Lesotho 23.2
Zimbabwe 20.1
Namibia 19.6
South Africa 18.8
Zambia 17.0
Mozambique 16.1
Malawi 11.8
Central African Rep. 10.7
Gabon 7.9
Côte d’Ivoire 7.1
Uganda 6.7
Tanzania 6.5
Kenya 6.1 |
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| Outside Africa |
Haiti 3.8
Bahamas 3.3
Trinidad and Tobago 2.6
Belize 2.5
Guyana 2.4
Suriname 1.9
Papua New Guinea 1.8
Cambodia 1.6
Barbados 1.5
Honduras 1.5
Jamaica 1.5
Thailand 1.4
Ukraine 1.4
Estonia 1.3
Myanmar 1.3 |
| Source: The Population Reference Bureau 2006 World Population Data Report |
Review and download report
Harvest some fresh ideas on angles for HIV stories from this report available from the Population Reference Bureau website |
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| Report: Civil Society Perspectives on TB/HIV Policy |
| This report looks at the preventable but growing global TB epidemic, its interaction with HIV/AIDS, and the inadequate response to the two diseases in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Thailand. |
| More details from Global Health website |
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