A visiting friend from Boston last week complained bitterly about press coverage after the marathon bombings. Among other things, she wanted to know why so many outlets reported that there had been
HIV/AIDS Global Media Training 2006 Toronto
The XVI International AIDS Conference was held in Toronto, August 13-18, 2006. The theme of this year's conference is Time to Deliver. In the 25 years since HIV/AIDS was discovered, much research has been done to understand the disease and to develop prevention and treatment programs to halt the spread of this epidemic. This year's conference focused on the many important questions yet to be answered.
The National Press Foundation again collaborated with the International AIDS Conference to present a free, comprehensive training program for journalists prior to the start of the conference. The program was modeled on previous collaborations in Barcelona 2002 and Bangkok 2004.
This year, 95 journalists from 41 countries were selected to participate in the training program, including more than 40 journalists from China. All J2J fellows attended morning training sessions and then attended one of three afternoon discussion sections lead by J2J faculty. Some of the seminar topics included stigma, human rights, TB, female condoms, microbicides, pediatric AIDS, rural nutrition and HIV and vaccine research.
The program was underwritten with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Merck Company Foundation, Abbott, Open Society Institute and the XVI International AIDS Conference. Bayer Pharmaceuticals also underwrote some of the costs for the Chinese Tshinghua University journalists.
Resources
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Writing the History of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [download]
Ebere AhanihuJ2J Fellow -
Epidemiology 101 [download]
Ike Anya, M.D.Specialist Registrar in Public Health, UK -
Tips for covering the Toronto conference [download]
Karen Bennett Van der Westhuizen [read bio]Senior Communications Manager, International AIDS Society, International AIDS Conference -
HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa [download]
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The Stigma Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS [download]
Janice DayleGlobal Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS
Henry H. LuyombyaBoard member for Africans in Partnership Against AIDS
Joanne CyrClinical Psychologist
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Human Rights and HIV/AIDS [download]
Sofia Gruskin [read bio]Director of the Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health -
Female Condoms [download]
Maggie Kilbourne-BrookProgram Officer at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health) -
Developing HIV Prevention Options for Women: Microbicides [download]
Martin MethotExecutive Director for Resource Development and Communications, International Partnership for Microbicides -
Ethical Issues in Covering HIV/AIDS in China [download]
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HIV/AIDS and TB [download]
