home | about | contact us   Training | Opportunities | Partners | Contributions | Resources | Health Data fast facts Global data TB Avian Flu Malaria HIV/AIDS Latest HIV News Latest Malaria News featured publications - pdf files     AIDS PSEUDO-SCIENCE IN THE MEDIA      pdf 206 kb What ethical obligations do editors have when reporting claims that are contrary to well established scientific knowledge? Essay examines media's responsibility and impact. Nathan Geffen, 2007     Training Manual For Media Workshops on Avian Influenza      pdf 1.7mb With lives and livelihoods potentially at risk, there is an imperative for journalists to get and communicate accurate information on bird flu. This is often no easy task, especially for reporters not used to covering public health. UNICEF, 2007     African Regional health report      pdf 8.45 mb 194 page report called "The Health of the People" is the first WHO report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. Published: November 2006.     Shaping the Health information supply      pdf 347 KB This 77 page report focuses on the challenges, current responses and recommendations for promoting high quality scientific coverage of health issues in Sub-Saharan Africa - by Lexi Bambas Nolen, Ph.D, MPH and Jimmy Volmink, M.D., Ph.D. The Center for the Advancement of Health, October 2006     wOrking with the media      pdf 4.18 mb For health professionals and others. This 52 page booklet gives practical advice related to developing media strategies and effective ways to package and present information through press releases, conferences and interviews. Published 2005     Live from Africa      pdf 700 kb A handbook for African Radio Journalists. All the basics covered - with an African perspective -  including election and human rights reporting and issues of safety. This 59 page manual is published by the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, 2006.     Civil Society Perspectives on TB/HIV Policy      pdf 1134 kb This report, by OSI's Public Health Watch project, 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. Released in August 2006       Business and Malaria: A Neglected Threat?      pdf 2453 kb Through an analysis of a survey of over 8,000 business leaders from over 100 countries. The report provides us with clues on how businesses view the threat of malaria, and where they believe the responsibilities for action lie. Produced by the World Economic Forum     Writing for Our Lives      pdf 1432 kb This publication documents best practices from "Maisha Yetu", a project by the International Wonen's Media Foundation that includes in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six African media houses over a two-year period.     more featured publications   suggestions | link swap | email