 Colin Lloyd,
Course Trainer
On Thursday, 1 December, 2005, two years after the first Health and Media course was introduced in Tanga, Tanzania, and after nine more courses in as many African countries, we completed our first Health and Media course outside of Africa - in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
TV, radio, and print media professionals gathered for the 5-day practical workshop that began with an opening speech from the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. course outline
In addition to the usual in-class activities, the participants had a chance to get out of the classroom as field visits were organised to: The National TB Association of Bangladesh, a community healthcare facility, and an urban "slum" area, where journalists had the opportunity to find out how much local residents knew about HIV/AIDS, TB, and other health concerns.
On Wednesday Evening, all the participants gathered for an informal reception organised by the British Council. Other guests included health and development executives, local media academics, and the British High Commissioner, Anwar Choudhury. On the final day, after the group presentations, the Director of the British Council (Dhaka), along with myself, presented the course completion certificates. After lunch, we said our "good bys"... Thankfully, our courses do not end when we leave the country. Our newest colleagues will now become a part of our Health and Media community. I look forward to their contributions to both the listserv and our website. In addition, our newly formed partnership with the Dhaka based, Health and Environment Journalists Forum, promises to yield further projects, ideas, and development. | | Taking part: TV and radio journalists and producers, and print journalists representing: The Daily Samakal, The Independent, Daily Protham Alo, Jai Jai Din Newspaper, Daily Sangbad, NTV Television Ltd, Bangladesh Betar, Daily Amar Desk, Daily Ittefaq, BSS, The New Nation, The Daily Inqilab, and the United News of Bangladesh | | Course dates: 27 November - 1 December 2005
Venue: British Council, Dhaka
Course trainer: Colin Lloyd
Organisers: Commonwealth Press Union and the CommonwealthBroadcasting Association
Local Organisers: 1. The British Council,Bangladesh 2. Md Saiful Islam Shameem, Director, Health and Environment Journalists Forum
Funders: Commonwealth Media Development Fund, Impact Malaria
Course outline: click here
Health and Media course manual: click here |
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| | | | | | |  | | | The Minister for Health and Family Welfare for Bangladesh was on hand to welcome the participants for the opening session. | |  | | | On a field visit, participants found out how residents in an urban slum area were getting their health information. | |  | | | Small working groups were formed to prepare a "pitch" aimed at editors and programme managers. | |  | | | Experts gave a presentation at the National Anti-TB Assoc. of Bangladesh. | |  | | | There was plenty of opportunity to network at a mid-week evening reception hosted by the British Council. | |  | | | Government Health programme managers for Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and TB, all showed up to present an overview on their respective strategies for prevention and control. |
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