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Media Handbook on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

Guide: Media handbook on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Launched May 27th 2003, this 90-page guide is the first-ever Handbook on Media coverage of HIV/AIDS related issues in Nigeria.

The Handbook is the produt of a collaboration between three organizations: Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria, Development Communications Network, (DevComs) and the United Nations Information Centre, (UNIC), Nigeria.

The handbook aims to promote qualitative and objective reporting of HIV/AIDS in the Nigerian media by providing a reliable, credible and authoritative source of information on HIV/AIDS. The publication is divided into eight sections, including: HIV/AIDS: The Facts, The Myths; Ethical issues in reporting HIV/AIDS; Practical Guide to Reporting HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS and Special Populations; General Resources; Frequently Asked Questions; Facts and Figures; and Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms.

The guide has been variously described as "a necessary guide for communicating information about HIV/AIDS" and "an endeavor to explore ways by which the challenge posed by HIV/AIDS can be effectively relayed to readers, listeners and viewers".

An online version of the handbook will be available on the website of Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria, www.nigeria-aids.org by the third week of June 2003. For copies of the print version, please contact any of the following addresses:

Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria
Media Resource Centre on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health
1st Floor, 42 Ijaye Road,
Ogba, Lagos
Tel: 234-1-77331457
Email: jaaidsng@nigeria-aids.org

Development Communications (Devcoms) Network
Media Resource and Advocacy Centre
26 Adebola Street,
Off Adeniran Ogunsanya Street
Surulere, Lagos.
Tel: 234-1-7748397
Email: devcoms@yahoo.com

United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Nigeria
17, Alfred Rewane (formerly Kingsway) Road
Ikoyi, Lagos.
Tel: 234-1-2694886
Fax: 234-1-2691934
Email: uniclag@unicnig.org
From The Nigeria-AIDS eForum

For additional information visit - http://aidsradio.oneworld.net/article/view/66885/1/