[afro-nets] Media and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa

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Media and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa
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A Resource Book
By S.T. Kwame Boafo and Carlos A. Arnaldo

This publication presents the reports and papers prepared under
the project on preventive information based on investigative
journalism and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa. It contains
practical and technical guidelines for media practitioners spe-
cialising or interested in HIV/AIDS issues.

The conceptual discussions, the investigative reports and the
findings from the content analytic studies point to the need:

* for enhanced training for media professionals in East and
Southern Africa on HIV/AIDS coverage;

* to create HIV/AIDS resources centres and databases easily ac-
cessible to media professionals;

* for workshops and seminars to sensitise editors , producers
and media managers about the social and economic costs of
HIV/AIDS and other major health risks in Africa; and

* for a more sustained and intensive use of media resources in
support of efforts to prevent and manage the spread of HIV/AIDS
in Africa.

Through this publication, UNESCO hopes to contribute to the gen-
eration of the requisite interest, awareness, knowledge and un-
derstanding among media practitioners of the prevalence of
HIV/AIDS in African countries and its immense social, demo-
graphic and economic impact.

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Publisher:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO)
Date of publication: 2000

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