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The health blogoshpere and its impact

Health workers map the villages with incidences of malaria of which they will follow-up, using push-pins of different colors to denote the number of cases. Dr Charles Delacollette/Mekong Malaria Programme
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    On Tuesday 29 July the Kaiser Family Foundation is sponsoring a discussion about the growing influence of blogs on health news and policy debates. It is only in recent years that the blogosphere has become mainstream. In the health policy arena, we now see policymakers, journalists, researchers and interest groups utilising this new media tool to deliver information to their audiences. Access the Kaiser Family Foundation blog via their website.

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