Women Media Professionals Explore HIV/AIDS from a Scientific Perspective
13-11-2003 (Paris)
The use of ICTs to improve reporting on HIV/AIDS in Asia was the main focus of a workshop that concluded yesterday in Chennai, India. This week-long meeting coincided with the 4th International Conference on AIDS in India and brought together 18 women media professionals from Bangladesh, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka.
What makes this workshop different is the new approach it assumes in utilising information and communication technologies (ICTs) to access and manage latest information in the scientific development of HIV/AIDS rather than focus on the social and medical aspects of the pandemic.
“This training is the second in a series of workshops that are now delivered to professional women journalists and health communicators in Africa and Asia,” notes Stella Hughes of UNESCO. “Using ICTs will enable these professionals to access scientific information and improve their understanding of the scientific implications of HIV/AIDS.”
“There can be no field in which the challenge to journalists and other communicators to convey accurate scientific information in a readable and accessible manner is greater than in the fight against HIV/AIDS, ” commented David Dickson, director of the co-organizer, SciDev.Net, the Science and Development Network, as he emphasized the importance of utilizing ICTs to meet this challenge.
Health communicators, journalists, and NGO information and communication staff can now report HIV/AIDS from many angles. Hesitation and procrastination in reporting the science of HIV/AIDS will no longer be an obstacle to women media professionals who now have access to the right sources.
“This training is the second in a series of workshops that are now delivered to professional women journalists and health communicators in Africa and Asia,” notes Stella Hughes of UNESCO. “Using ICTs will enable these professionals to access scientific information and improve their understanding of the scientific implications of HIV/AIDS.”
“There can be no field in which the challenge to journalists and other communicators to convey accurate scientific information in a readable and accessible manner is greater than in the fight against HIV/AIDS, ” commented David Dickson, director of the co-organizer, SciDev.Net, the Science and Development Network, as he emphasized the importance of utilizing ICTs to meet this challenge.
Health communicators, journalists, and NGO information and communication staff can now report HIV/AIDS from many angles. Hesitation and procrastination in reporting the science of HIV/AIDS will no longer be an obstacle to women media professionals who now have access to the right sources.
Related themes/countries
· Papua New Guinea
· Training of Media Professionals: News Archives 2003
· Bangladesh: News Archive 2003
· India: News Archive 2003
· Sri Lanka: News Archive 2003
· Mongolia: News Archives
· Gender and ICT: News Archives 2003
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