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Tanzanian health journalist wins award for reporting on infertility

Boniface Mashaka, the chairman of the Association of Tanzania Health Journalists (ATHJ), is among 13 winners of the “MeRCK More Than a Mother” Media...
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Medical journalism: Another way to write about science

Can you be both a medical writer and a medical journalist? Yes, but it involves a change in mindset. For example, the information required...
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East Africa: When ‘heart-broken’ scientists stop talking to journalists; who will intervene?

Recently, as countries commemorated World Malaria Day, there was an emerging controversy in East Africa on the safety of bed nets used in the...
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Why medical doctors can’t escape the media, testimony from BMJ

Managing the Media : Media handling is not part of medical training, but talkig to the press can often come with the job.Cath Janes...
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The Potential for Medical Journalism in Kenya

Before landing in Kenya, my doctor had me get shots for typhoid, tetanus, cholera, yellow fever, and meningitis. He also gave me malaria pills....
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Medical journalism: Another way to write about science

By Jo Whelan, Textpharm Ltd, Oxford, UK jo@textpharm.com  Abstract True journalism differs from public relations and uncritically reproducing press releases. It involves doing background research into the...
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