The International Health Journalism Fellowship Project is part of the Kaiser Family Foundation's continuing commitment to work with journalists interested in reporting on public health issues, building on the Foundation’s programs for U.S. journalists that have been in place since 1993.

The International Health Journalism Fellowship Project is an initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation since 2004 to support journalists with a strong interest in reporting on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and related health issues.   

Beginning in 2004, a series of projects and events have been launched in Africa, India, Russia, and Ukraine. Additionally, the journalism awards in Russia and Ukraine were launched in October 2004, and in India in January 2005 (see below for more details). The International Health Journalism Fellowship Project is closely linked with the Kaiser Foundation's broader efforts to raise public awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS, including the Global Media AIDS Initiative and loveLife in South Africa. 

Program Projects and Events

• Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Journalism Workshop "Reporting on HIV: Issues and Concerns", October 26-27, 2007
• Cape Town, South Africa, Journalism Workshop "Reporting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic", July 17-22, 2007
  "Media Told to Monitor AIDS Budget" (Dann Okoth, The Standard, Kenya, 7/24/07) 
• South Africa, Traveling Media Seminar, July 14-22, 2007
• Kyiv, Ukraine, Training Program – On the Frontline of an Epidemic: Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Mass Media, April 2007 (.pdf)
• Delhi, Pune, Panchgani, Jaipur, India, U.S. Journalists' Sitevisit, April 2-13, 2007
• Kyiv, Ukraine, ARV-Treatment Training for Journalists, March 27, 2007
• Kyiv, Ukraine, Training Program: Reporting on ARV-treatment in Mass Media, March 27, 2007
• Moscow, Russia, Two-Day Training on HIV/AIDS Reporting for Journalists From Across Eurasia, November 2006
• Yalta, Ukraine, Journalism Training: "Role of Mass Media in Fighting Stigma and Discrimination of People Living With HIV/AIDS," September 2006
• Port of Spain, Trinidad, Caribbean Radio Programming Workshop on HIV/AIDS, January 23-24, 2007
• Moscow, Russia, Training for Journalists and Representatives of AIDS-service Organizations, November 2006
• Patna, Bihar, India, Issues on Covering HIV/AIDS, October 9-10, 2006
• Toronto, Canada, Pre-International AIDS Conference Journalists' Briefing, August 10-11, 2006
• Maputo, Mozambique, Looking Beyond the Obvious Stories - Seminar on HIV/AIDS in Africa, July 16-19, 2006
• Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Issues on Covering HIV/AIDS, March 9-10, 2006
• Kyiv, Ukraine, Workshop for Ukrainian Journalists on the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS, November 2005
• Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Reporting on HIV: Issues and Concerns, October 21-22, 2005
• Kyiv, Ukraine, First National Workshop on HIV/AIDS Reporting for Journalists in Ukraine, October 2005
• Kyiv, Ukraine, Informational Briefing for Editors, September 2005
• Perm, Russia, Training for journalists and representatives of governmental and non-governmental AIDS-service organizations, August 2005
• New Delhi, India, Media Leaders’ Summit on HIV/AIDS, January 2005
• Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Media Consultations: Women and AIDS, November 2004 (.pdf)
• New Delhi, India, Media Consultations: Women and AIDS, October 2004 (.pdf)
• Moscow, Russia, Journalism Training, October 2004 (.pdf)
• Bangkok, Thailand, Journalist briefing in advance of the International AIDS conference, July 2004 (.pdf)
• Southern Africa, Traveling Journalism Seminar, May 2004 (.pdf)
• Moscow, Russia, Journalism Training, March 2004 (.pdf)

Learn more about the projects:

• Africa
  
  
• India
  
  
• Russia/Ukraine