Location: Mombasa Kenya

Date       : 23-27^th April, 2007.

This date is carefully chosen to coincide with the celebration of Africa Malaria Day on 25^th April each year. 

Who should apply?

Senior Editors and Journalists from the nine participating countries of  the Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA);namely Kenya, Ghana, The Gambia, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline- 10th March 2007.         Click to download application form (ZIP File)

About the Workshop

Even though malaria continue to pose an important public health problem in Africa, there is little effective reporting ongoing on the threat created by the disease. AMMREN has identified the inadequate provision of information to journalists as one of the reasons for the poor reporting on malaria in Africa. The Media Training Workshop on Reporting on Malaria Research in Africa will equip journalists with the right tools for effective malaria reporting and programming in Africa.

The objectives of the workshop are:

• To build the capacity of journalists to effectively report on malaria research initiatives in Africa.

• To form a critical mass of journalists to cover important events at malaria vaccine trial sites in Africa.

• To step up advocacy on malaria control  and preventions in Africa

• To strengthen collaboration between journalists and malaria research scientists in Africa

• To developed country specific action plans/ Media strategy on malaria reporting

• To launch the newly established Africa Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN)