Gulu Media Health Café on COVID-19 Held at Palema Crown Hotel in Gulu City on 14th July 2023

COVID-19 Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) Training in Gulu City. Gulu Media Health Café on COVID-19 Held at Palema Crown Hotel in Gulu City on 14th July 2023. The Health Café: On Friday, 14th July 2023, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) held a one-day health media café at Palema Crown Hotel in Gulu City.…

EDITORS’ MEDIA CAFÉ BY THE HEALTH JOURNALIST NETWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AVAC

Report on Media Engagement for Editors in Uganda  1. Introduction: The breakfast media engagement café that took place at Café Javas Lugogo in Kampala on the 16th of November bringing together 25 participating editors of different media houses in Uganda, an expert and an activist in the fight against the HIV epidemic in Uganda. 2. Objectives The four hours…

Focus Group discussion with health reporters on vaccination and immunisation

The Health Journalists Network in Uganda held a Focus Group discussion with health reporters based in upcountry media outlets as part of the project with AVAC and the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Qn: Do you think COVID vaccines are the same or different from other vaccines, like childhood vaccines, yellow fever, etc? In what ways? Respondent 1:…

Solutions journalism and HEJNU Training

SCIENCE AFRICA AND HEJNU REPORT ON SOLUTION JOURNALISM TRAINING 1. Name of the training: Covid-19 Solution Journalism Training  Program Sponsor: Science Africa.   Venue:  Fairway Hotel, Kampala Uganda  Dates: 25th  and 26th  October , 2021 Duration total: 2 Days 2.  Background and Objective of the Training:  The two-days training brought together 20 journalists to enhance their…

Health workers call for increased HIV prevention methods roll out

By Malik Fahad in Masaka Health workers plead for more uptake of HIV/Aids prevention measures. Researchers and health workers in greater Masaka region have embarked on a campaign to mobilize people to increase uptake of HIV/AIDS prevention methods. Led by Dr. Jonathan Kitonsa an HIV/AIDS Researcher at Medical Research Center (MRC) Masaka center, says that…

COVID-19: Health Journalists Network in Uganda Science Media Café

Edited by Esther Nakkazi and compiled by Evelyn Lirri On March 18th, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) held a media science Café titled; The COVID-19 Pandemic: Interlinkage between HIV and COVID-19 virus. About 40 journalists attended this Café which gave an insight to COVID-19 a disease many of the journalists were yet to learn about. The Key speakers…