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Greater media health coverage needed - report

    JOHANNESBURG

    Health coverage in Africa needs improvement, according to a new study that examines the continent's media response to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

    The report, which is a joint project by the US-based International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) and the African Women's Media Centre (AWMC) in Dakar, Senegal, said present coverage lacked detailed analysis and made almost no attempt to look at health in a larger developmental context.

    "Most health coverage focused on personalities ... for example, pronouncements from government officials," the study said.

    The report, "Deadline for Health: The Media's Response to Covering HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa" is available online at http://www.awmc.com/pub/p-8392/e-8393/ch-8410

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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