MALAWI URGED TO SAFEGUARD HIV GAINS THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED, INCLUSIVE RESPONSE
By Meclina Chirwa This was a key takeaway from the recent Global AIDS Strategy National Consultation Meeting in Lilongwe, organised by UNAIDS. Linly Chewere, Director
The Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) is a national organization, having registered in 2013 under the Trustees Incorporation Act.
“We recognize that the world's media are in a unique position to help fight the AIDS epidemic. Through its extensive reach, the media can be used as a powerful force for educating and informing the public about the HIV and AIDS epidemic. We therefore resolve through our companies to expand public knowledge and understanding about HIV and AIDS.”
Kofi Annan
A media monitoring study conducted in 2006 by a partnership of Gender Links, panos Southern Africa (Psaf), Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and Southern Africa Editors Forum (SAEF) under the media action plan project had observed that only 10% of media houses in the SADC region had work place policies. Another study jointly done in 2008 by the same project and organisations ...
By Meclina Chirwa This was a key takeaway from the recent Global AIDS Strategy National Consultation Meeting in Lilongwe, organised by UNAIDS. Linly Chewere, Director
The Chief Executive Officer of the National AIDS Commission (NAC) Dr. Beatrice Matanje has called for a continued multi-sectoral response to sustain the gains against
UNAIDS Malawi says we should not only sustain the gains against AIDS but finish what was started. David Chipanta, Malawi’s UNAIDS Country Director made this