AIDSLink: Issue 104

The web magazine AIDSLink is a publication for members of the Global Health Council. This issue of AIDSLink from the Global Health Council includes regularly featured sections on best practices, resources, global updates, a calendar of coming events, and legislatives updates, as well as such communication-related features as:

All In a Day’s Work by Kondwane Munthali of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation - raising an alarm to such issues as the spread of TB infection in public hospitals leads this journalist to question: "Am I a public health official or a concerned citizen?"

Global Broadcast Coalition: Spreading Information Faster than the Disease by Dali Mpofuof the South African Broadcasting Corporation - on the launch of the Global Media AIDS Initiative Group (GMAI) to promote the idea that broadcast media working collaboratively can greatly increase both the quantity and quality of HIV/AIDS information available to people who need it most.

Broadcasting to a ‘loveLife’ Generation in South Africa by Futhi Sibiya - on loveLife, a national HIV-prevention programme, aiming to reach youth in South Africa, especially 12-17 year olds, through television, radio, print, outdoor and Internet-based media.

Letter from the Global Health Council - The Media and HIV/AIDS by Maurice Middleberg of the Global Health Council - on the shift in media reports about HIV/AIDS to more appropriate and sensitive language and greater focus on stories about people living with HIV rather than dying of AIDS.

Sex, Soap and Social Change - The Sabido Methodology by Kriss Barker of the International Programs Population Media Center (PMC) - on PMC's entertainment-education to change attitudes and behaviour related to health and well-being in areas, such as family planning, environmental awareness, and gender equity.

Journalists and Health Communicators – They are Not the Same by Ron MacInnis of the International AIDS Society - raising the capacity of journalists to report on HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

Journalists and HIV Advocates – Searching for the Right Words by Mia Malan of the Internews Network - on HIV as the most politicised and stigmatised disease in the world.

RED-SALUD: Giving a Voice to Journalists - by Paulo Lyra of the Pan American Health Organization - on improving HIV reporting in Latin America.

Bridging the Digital Divide with Appropriate Electronic Media by Jane T. Bertrand of Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs Bloomberg School of Public Health - on disadvantages of countries with limited access to the Internet both in competing globally, and in educating their populations for this new world of globalisation.

By, For and About Positive People by Siv Cheng of Internews, Cambodia - on a local group called Vithey Chivit (Road of Life), encouraged to stand up and demand access to medical services and get support.

All articles and the entire issue in PDF format are accessible with membership. Fees are US$120 for professionals, US$60 for students, a sliding scale for organisations, and a fee waiver for organisations below a specified annual budget level.