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Challenges to Youths Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services in Southern Africa: A Review of Qualitative Research in Seven Countries

The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Regional Programme, involving partner organisations in Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, conducted qualitative formative audience research to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practices on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues among youth...

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Wize Up Youth Radio Talk Show

Running from December 2011 to May 2012 and designed primarily for youth aged 15 to 24, the Wize Up Youth Radio Talk Show programmes in Namibia were designed to raise awareness and discussion on youth sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The radio programmes used interactive interviews with topic experts, youth discussions, and feedback...

A Review of Migrant and Mobile Populations within Border Areas of SADC: Implications for HIV Prevention Programming

This 58-page report outlines research exploring sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV needs in migrant, mobile, and border populations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), highlighting implications for HIV prevention programming in border areas. Conducted by the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University...

Experiences

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Tobacco Kills: Say No and Save Lives

Launched in January 2013, Tobacco Kills: Say No and Save Lives is a nation-wide anti-tobacco public awareness and advocacy campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco and to work towards passing the strongest possible legislation to control the production and consumption of tobacco in Uganda. The goal is to establish a Tobacco...

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Katswe Sistahood

Founded in 2007, Katswe Sistahood (formerly known as Young Women’s Leadership Initiative) is a movement of young women fighting for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for women in Zimbabwe. It is a platform designed to enable young women to mobilise, organise, and articulate their needs and aspirations in respect of SRH education...

MaxArt Project

Launched in 2011, the MaxArt project is working to improve the lives of people living with HIV and to prevent new HIV infections in Swaziland. The project works with community-based organisations and government, traditional, and political leaders to mobilise communities to take the lead, know their HIV status, and get treated. Regular testing,...

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love is a campaign that is working to create a movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieve individual dreams and is designed to change the way people think about health, relationships, and what it means to love. Through various channels - including a radio magazine, radio drama, community dialogues, and youth clubs - the...

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Wize Up Youth Radio Talk Show

Running from December 2011 to May 2012 and designed primarily for youth aged 15 to 24, the Wize Up Youth Radio Talk Show programmes in Namibia were designed to raise awareness and discussion on youth sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The radio programmes used interactive interviews with topic experts, youth discussions, and feedback...

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Strengthening Rural Youth Employment Opportunities in ICTs and Agriculture in Southern Africa (SOFIA) Project

Launched in April 2013, the Strengthening Rural Youth Employment Opportunities in ICTs and Agriculture in Southern Africa (SOFIA) Project is working to strengthen rural youth employment opportunities in agriculture and information and communication technologies (ICTS). SOFIA is supporting youth training centres and young farmer groups to make...

Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation Media Programme

The Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation uses radio and television to give a voice to Malawi's young people, especially girls, on children's rights. The goal of the project is to help young Malawians make a difference in their own lives, create awareness about children’s rights, and build the capacity of children/youth to increase their...

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Kitengesa Community Library Social Inclusion Programme

In June 2012 the Kitengesa Community Library launched an initiative designed to counter isolation of deaf children in its community. The library partnered with the Good Samaritan School for the Deaf, providing boarding and day students from the school with lessons in computer use and English language, as well as an opportunity to interact with...

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Maternal Heath Channel

Launched in February 2013, the Maternal Health Channel is a television and radio series that is part drama, part documentary, and part discussion, designed to improve maternal health in Ghana. Produced by Creative Storm Networks, the project comprises of documentaries about real life stories, studio discussions, bulletins, and special reports....

Strategic Thinking

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Rights Not Rescue: A Report on Female, Male, and Trans Sex Workers’ Human Rights in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

This 106-page report discusses how the criminalisation of sex work in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa leaves sex workers vulnerable to sexual and physical abuse, as well as extortion, from law enforcement officers such as police and border guards. In addition to documenting widespread human rights abuses against sex workers, the report...

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Audience Research Study on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Maputo, Manica and Nampula Provinces

This 55-page audience research report was produced by N'weti in Mozambique to inform an interactive mass media project using a radio and television magazine linked to a social media (SMS) platform to disseminate information on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), improve uptake of SRH services, and to monitor SRH services through a web...

Challenges to Youths Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services in Southern Africa: A Review of Qualitative Research in Seven Countries

The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Regional Programme, involving partner organisations in Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, conducted qualitative formative audience research to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practices on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues among youth...

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Universal Access to Reproductive Health: Accelerated Actions to Enhance Progress on Millennium Development Goal 5

This 36-page report contains case studies from seven countries, illustrating the application of a variety of strategies to improve access to sexual and reproductive health, including lessons learnt during implementation and results achieved. The addition of Target 5B – "Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health" – to Millennium...

Preventing HIV among Sex Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review

The main focus of this 35-page report is to review the risk factors for HIV among sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa and the interventions that have been successfully implemented in this region. The report, its findings, and recommendations are based on a review of available published evidence.

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Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections for Sex workers in Low-and Middle-income countries

This 52-page report provides technical recommendations on effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among sex workers and their clients.

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanisation, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

This 40-page report traces the dramatic spread of mobile telephony in Africa and examines how this is affecting the news media landscape on the continent. It explores the convergence of African urbanisation and technological change, including the rise of digital media. According to the report, African media from Cairo to Cape Town are...

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Comprehensive Sexuality Education: The Challenges and Opportunities of Scaling Up

"Even in countries with the highest HIV rates, there are relatively few examples of scaled-up, sustainable programmes within educational curricula."

Materials

Un Guide Sur La Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Afrique de l’ouest Francophone à l’attention des Journalistes

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

A Journalist's Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

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Making Sex Work Safe

This 92-page book presents some of the knowledge and experience gained by projects run by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects in responding to the health and safety needs of men, women, and transgenders who buy and sell sexual services. The book contains illustrations and examples of successful educational and development programmes in...

Psychosocial Support Source Book for Vulnerable Children in Malawi

This practical guide for service providers working with children in Malawi is designed to improve psychosocial support services (PSS) to orphans and other vulnerable children by bringing together available knowledge and experiences in a user-friendly manner. The publication presents strategies and tools in the PSS service area in Malawi....

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Key Issues for Political Advocacy in Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa

This booklet shares information about how to use data in the fight for women’s sexual and reproductive rights. Published by Women’s Network for a Better World, as part of their Map of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Africa and Spain, the publishers say that information is power and when deployed strategically, data can...

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75 Ways to Fix Your Farmer Programme

Farm Radio International has published a list of tips for broadcasters who want to improve their farmer programmes. According to the authors, radio, more than any other medium, speaks the language of farmers and farmers count on radio to provide them with the information they need, when they need it. Farmers also want radio to include them in...

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Freedom of Expression Toolkit: A Guide for Students

Published by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this toolkit covers major concepts and issues related to freedom of expression. Written with upper high school students in mind, it is designed to be easy to understand. The Toolkit also contains extensive lists of other resources related to freedom of...

Localizing Development

Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?

This policy research report from the World Bank analyses participation in development projects. "It briefly reviews the history of participatory development and argues that its two modalities, community-based development and local decentralization, should be treated under the broader unifying umbrella of local development.

Corporate Governance

Who’s Running the Company? A Guide to Reporting on Corporate Governance

This guide offering tips on corporate governance is designed for reporters and editors who already have some experience covering business and finance. The goal is to help journalists develop stories that examine how a company is governed and spot events that may have serious consequences for the company’s survival, shareholders, and...

Evaluations

Reducing Alcohol-Related HIV Risk in Katutura, Namibia: Results from a Multi-Level Intervention

This 141-page paper shares information about a 3-year AIDSTAR-One demonstration project designed to reduce heavy drinking and risky sexual behaviour among bar patrons in a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Namibia's capital, Windhoek. According to the report, a strong body of evidence shows that alcohol consumption is associated with...

Training Guide: Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development

"[H]ow do men and women access information about new practices and technologies that enable them to deal with their changing climate?"

An Early Window of Opportunity for Promoting Girls' Health: Policy Implications of the Girl's Puberty Book Project in Tanzania

"Given the numerous health-related risks faced by adolescent girls and women in low-income countries, such as infection with HIV/AIDS, unsafe abortions, and gender-based violence, attention to policy and programming that aim to ensure that girls transition through puberty with a healthy body and a sense of empowerment over that body is an...

Mass Media and Reproductive Behaviour: Serial Narratives, Soap Operas and Telenovelas

"...mass media plays important roles - both explicitly and implicitly - in terms of conveying information, stimulating thought and discussion, and in forming and developing ideational behaviour."

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Replication of the Community Mobilization for Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) Model in Naivasha District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya: An Evaluation Report

This 24-page evaluation report shares findings of an assessment of the Community Mobilization for Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) intervention in Kenya, designed to increase awareness and use of post-abortion care (PAC) services, and improve family planning, reproductive health, and maternal health outcomes. The RESPOND Project replicated this...

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Communication for Peacebuilding Priority Grant Program Learning: Group Report

This 19-page evaluation report summarises the findings of the learning group that was formed by the three grantees of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Communication for Peacebuilding priority grant programme. USIP gave grants to three organisations - Internews in the Central African Republic, Radio la Benevolencija in the Democratic...

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Capacity Building to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence: Project Description and Evaluation of RESPOND/Guinea

This 33-page evaluation report discusses an assessment of the the RESPOND Project's work to supporting follow-up services to women who had survived violent attacks during political demonstrations in Conakry, Guinea on September 28 2009. According to the report, Guineans and international observers were shocked at the violence, including brutal...

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Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika "Tomorrow Is A New Day" Project Evaluation

This 34-page evaluation report shares findings of an assessment of the "Tomorrow is a New Day" project in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Search for Common Ground (SFCG). The project is designed to reach soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and civilians to improve civilian protection, fight impunity...

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A Story a Day: The Media as a Preventive Tool in Public Health

This 70-page report shares findings of an assessment conducted by Internews of their Voices in Health project (earlier known as Local Voices) in Kenya, launched in 2003 to create a more supportive social environment for preventing and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS, by working with media to ensure better quality coverage of HIV and other...

Digital

Un Guide Sur La Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Afrique de l’ouest Francophone à l’attention des Journalistes

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

A Journalist's Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

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Tobacco Kills: Say No and Save Lives

Launched in January 2013, Tobacco Kills: Say No and Save Lives is a nation-wide anti-tobacco public awareness and advocacy campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco and to work towards passing the strongest possible legislation to control the production and consumption of tobacco in Uganda. The goal is to establish a Tobacco...

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love is a campaign that is working to create a movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieve individual dreams and is designed to change the way people think about health, relationships, and what it means to love. Through various channels - including a radio magazine, radio drama, community dialogues, and youth clubs - the...

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Strengthening Rural Youth Employment Opportunities in ICTs and Agriculture in Southern Africa (SOFIA) Project

Launched in April 2013, the Strengthening Rural Youth Employment Opportunities in ICTs and Agriculture in Southern Africa (SOFIA) Project is working to strengthen rural youth employment opportunities in agriculture and information and communication technologies (ICTS). SOFIA is supporting youth training centres and young farmer groups to make...

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Key Issues for Political Advocacy in Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa

This booklet shares information about how to use data in the fight for women’s sexual and reproductive rights. Published by Women’s Network for a Better World, as part of their Map of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Africa and Spain, the publishers say that information is power and when deployed strategically, data can...

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanisation, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

This 40-page report traces the dramatic spread of mobile telephony in Africa and examines how this is affecting the news media landscape on the continent. It explores the convergence of African urbanisation and technological change, including the rise of digital media. According to the report, African media from Cairo to Cape Town are...

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Covering Development for African Journalists Online Course (May 20 - Jun 28 2013)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is inviting African Journalists to participate in a six-week online course under the theme "Covering Development in Africa". The course will be led by two media consultants with extensive experience working in Africa.

Among the topics to be covered during the course:

A Review of Migrant and Mobile Populations within Border Areas of SADC: Implications for HIV Prevention Programming

This 58-page report outlines research exploring sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV needs in migrant, mobile, and border populations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), highlighting implications for HIV prevention programming in border areas. Conducted by the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University...

Awards

ACP Media Competition on ICTs for Agriculture

ACP Media Competition on ICTs for Agriculture

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) in collaboration with its national, regional, and international partners has launched the "2013 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Media Competition on Information and Communications Technologies for Agriculture (ICT4ag)."

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Awards

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Awards

Youth ages 9 to 25 are invited to submit short videos promoting harmony in diverse societies to the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Awards  to be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York City, New York, United States (US). PLURAL+ is a video festival for youth-produced media aimed at building a more inclusive, tolerant society. The...

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EIFL Open Access Advocacy Campaigns Grants

The EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) Open Access programme invites new proposals for organising national or institutional open access advocacy campaigns to reach out to research communities. Supported by the Information Programme of the Open Society Foundation, the programme is designed to involve researchers and students, research...

Health Journalism Contest

Journalists working in print, broadcast, or online media (as well as affiliated freelance journalists) have a chance to win a 2-week study tour to the United States (US) and cash prizes as part of 3 regional competitions to recognise the best media coverage of immunisations. Stories published or broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, and...

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3rd Annual Communications Innovations Awards (ACIA)

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has launched the 3rd Annual Communications Innovations Awards (ACIA). The theme of this year’s awards is "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Innovation for National Development."

The ACIA has five categories:

  • Young ICT Innovators Award
  • Business Excellence...
Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013

Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013

The Africa Business Reporting Awards, now in its tenth year, were initiated by Diageo to recognise journalists and editors who provide high quality coverage of the business environment in Africa. The Awards recognise the fact that better business journalism plays an important role in Africa’s investment flows and generates more business...

eLearning Africa Photo Competition 2013

eLearning Africa is organising its 4th edition of their photo competition under the theme of "Tradition and ICT innovation: a couple with potential." Budding photographers are encouraged to send in their photos depicting how information and communication technology (ICT) is enhancing the way individuals and communities in Africa live, learn,...

2013 Intellectual Property and Human Rights Reporting Fellowships

The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) invites journalists to apply for the 2013 intellectual property (IP) and human rights reporting fellowships. The fellowship is a one-year mentoring and capacity-building programme for Ugandan journalists to report on issues cutting across intellectual property and human rights.

Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life Award

Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life Award

These prizes (US$1,000 each for individuals and US$3,000 for specific African women’s organisations), awarded by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) - an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working towards the empowerment of women and children - aim to honour creative and courageous women and women's groups around the world...

Film Contest Female Condoms

Film Contest: Female Condoms Are...

According to the organisers of this international film contest, female condoms may be one of the most promising health technologies available, which people do not know or hear much about. PATH, the Universal Access to Female Condoms (UAFC) Joint Programme, the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), and the National Female Condom...

Print

Un Guide Sur La Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Afrique de l’ouest Francophone à l’attention des Journalistes

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

A Journalist's Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

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Making Sex Work Safe

This 92-page book presents some of the knowledge and experience gained by projects run by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects in responding to the health and safety needs of men, women, and transgenders who buy and sell sexual services. The book contains illustrations and examples of successful educational and development programmes in...

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Universal Access to Reproductive Health: Accelerated Actions to Enhance Progress on Millennium Development Goal 5

This 36-page report contains case studies from seven countries, illustrating the application of a variety of strategies to improve access to sexual and reproductive health, including lessons learnt during implementation and results achieved. The addition of Target 5B – "Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health" – to Millennium...

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love is a campaign that is working to create a movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieve individual dreams and is designed to change the way people think about health, relationships, and what it means to love. Through various channels - including a radio magazine, radio drama, community dialogues, and youth clubs - the...

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanisation, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

This 40-page report traces the dramatic spread of mobile telephony in Africa and examines how this is affecting the news media landscape on the continent. It explores the convergence of African urbanisation and technological change, including the rise of digital media. According to the report, African media from Cairo to Cape Town are...

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75 Ways to Fix Your Farmer Programme

Farm Radio International has published a list of tips for broadcasters who want to improve their farmer programmes. According to the authors, radio, more than any other medium, speaks the language of farmers and farmers count on radio to provide them with the information they need, when they need it. Farmers also want radio to include them in...

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Covering Development for African Journalists Online Course (May 20 - Jun 28 2013)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is inviting African Journalists to participate in a six-week online course under the theme "Covering Development in Africa". The course will be led by two media consultants with extensive experience working in Africa.

Among the topics to be covered during the course:

A Review of Migrant and Mobile Populations within Border Areas of SADC: Implications for HIV Prevention Programming

This 58-page report outlines research exploring sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV needs in migrant, mobile, and border populations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), highlighting implications for HIV prevention programming in border areas. Conducted by the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University...

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HPV Vaccination in Africa: Lessons Learned From a Pilot Program in Uganda

This report summarises a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme implemented in Uganda where the HPV vaccine was made available to almost 10,000 girls in select parts of the country. The purpose of the study was to investigate operational issues related to HPV vaccination of young adolescent girls, and identify effective strategies....

Radio

Un Guide Sur La Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Afrique de l’ouest Francophone à l’attention des Journalistes

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

A Journalist's Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love Health Campaign

Pusha Love is a campaign that is working to create a movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieve individual dreams and is designed to change the way people think about health, relationships, and what it means to love. Through various channels - including a radio magazine, radio drama, community dialogues, and youth clubs - the...

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanisation, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

This 40-page report traces the dramatic spread of mobile telephony in Africa and examines how this is affecting the news media landscape on the continent. It explores the convergence of African urbanisation and technological change, including the rise of digital media. According to the report, African media from Cairo to Cape Town are...

Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation Media Programme

The Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation uses radio and television to give a voice to Malawi's young people, especially girls, on children's rights. The goal of the project is to help young Malawians make a difference in their own lives, create awareness about children’s rights, and build the capacity of children/youth to increase their...

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Peace-building and Public Service Media: Lessons from Star Radio Media Developments in Liberia

This 41-page dissertation explores the case of Star Radio in Liberia, highlighting a number of issues about media development in post-conflict countries. According to the report, Star Radio is one of Liberia’s leading nationally broadcast radio stations, which went off-air at the end of 2010 following a staff strike. This study argues that it...

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75 Ways to Fix Your Farmer Programme

Farm Radio International has published a list of tips for broadcasters who want to improve their farmer programmes. According to the authors, radio, more than any other medium, speaks the language of farmers and farmers count on radio to provide them with the information they need, when they need it. Farmers also want radio to include them in...

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Covering Development for African Journalists Online Course (May 20 - Jun 28 2013)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is inviting African Journalists to participate in a six-week online course under the theme "Covering Development in Africa". The course will be led by two media consultants with extensive experience working in Africa.

Among the topics to be covered during the course:

Media and Global Health: From Information to Action

Media and Global Health: From Information to Action

"Internews believes local media is an under-utilized tool in public health strategies. Establishing, supporting, and enhancing local information platforms can contribute significantly to health-seeking behavior and community mobilization around health issues."

This document expresses and supports with advocacy and capacity building...

Health Journalism Contest

Journalists working in print, broadcast, or online media (as well as affiliated freelance journalists) have a chance to win a 2-week study tour to the United States (US) and cash prizes as part of 3 regional competitions to recognise the best media coverage of immunisations. Stories published or broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, and...

Television

Un Guide Sur La Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive en Afrique de l’ouest Francophone à l’attention des Journalistes

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

A Journalist's Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa

Sexual and reproductive health encompasses health and well-being in matters related to sexual relations, pregnancies, and births. It deals with the most intimate and private aspects of people's lives, which can be difficult to write about and discuss publicly. As a result, the public often misunderstands many sexual and reproductive health...

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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanisation, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

This 40-page report traces the dramatic spread of mobile telephony in Africa and examines how this is affecting the news media landscape on the continent. It explores the convergence of African urbanisation and technological change, including the rise of digital media. According to the report, African media from Cairo to Cape Town are...

Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation Media Programme

The Timveni Child and Youth Media Organisation uses radio and television to give a voice to Malawi's young people, especially girls, on children's rights. The goal of the project is to help young Malawians make a difference in their own lives, create awareness about children’s rights, and build the capacity of children/youth to increase their...

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Covering Development for African Journalists Online Course (May 20 - Jun 28 2013)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is inviting African Journalists to participate in a six-week online course under the theme "Covering Development in Africa". The course will be led by two media consultants with extensive experience working in Africa.

Among the topics to be covered during the course:

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Maternal Heath Channel

Launched in February 2013, the Maternal Health Channel is a television and radio series that is part drama, part documentary, and part discussion, designed to improve maternal health in Ghana. Produced by Creative Storm Networks, the project comprises of documentaries about real life stories, studio discussions, bulletins, and special reports....

Media and Global Health: From Information to Action

Media and Global Health: From Information to Action

"Internews believes local media is an under-utilized tool in public health strategies. Establishing, supporting, and enhancing local information platforms can contribute significantly to health-seeking behavior and community mobilization around health issues."

This document expresses and supports with advocacy and capacity building...

Health Journalism Contest

Journalists working in print, broadcast, or online media (as well as affiliated freelance journalists) have a chance to win a 2-week study tour to the United States (US) and cash prizes as part of 3 regional competitions to recognise the best media coverage of immunisations. Stories published or broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, and...

Action Pals Multi-media Programme

Action Pals Multi-media Programme

Action Pals is a multi-media education programme intended for 10-14 year olds, that seeks to promote positive social and behaviour change in areas of health and environment in Zimbabwe. Led by the Action Institute for Environment Health and Development Communication (Action IEHDC), in partnership with Soul City Institute of Health and...

Developing Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Materials for Print, Radio, TV/Video and New Media (Apr 15-26 2013)

The Department of Mass Communication, Makerere University, in collaboration with African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) has announced a 10-day intensive course - "Developing Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Materials for Print, Radio, TV/Video, and New Media." This course is a...