An Orientation Workshop for the Media: Reporting on Pandemic Influenza
Authors: AI.COMM
This document provides detailed guidance on organizing a workshop to brief journalists on pandemic influenza. It includes such information as how to discuss the importance of journalists in the process of preventing and containing the virus, providing an overview of pandemic influenza, and taking observations and lessons learned to determine how to creatively relay information about pandemic influenza.
Avian Influenza Media Orientation Workshop - Training Notes
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As part of the U.S. Government’s response to avian influenza, the Academy for Educational Development has been tasked by USAID to work with local and international media to orient them to avian influenza - the science and the practice. Following AED’s work with media in several countries, AED developed Avian Influenza: Media Orientation Training Notes. Based on evidence-based information and tested training notes, this document introduces avian influenza to local media to help them cover the story and understand the complexity of the virus and its impact.
Long-term Contributions to Health in a World of Short-term Commitments and Shrinking Funds: Seven Innovations
Authors: Renata Seidel
Creating lasting change is the goal of every development-oriented organization. However, governments and donors offer support in increments of three to five years and prescribe changes within that limited time span. This document highlights just a few examples of efforts by AED to contribute to long-term improvements in health in a world of short-term commitments and shrinking funds. It focuses on seven major innovations designed to significantly change the way we do development. AED's efforts focus on how individuals change, how societies change, and how community solutions can be applied at a scale that will improve the health of large populations.
Mobilizing the Commercial Sector for Public Health Objectives: A Practical Guide
Authors: Sharon Slater, Camille Saade
This guide presents a map and tools for developing strong alliances between the public and private health sectors. Methods for conducting an initial exploration of a public/private partnership in a given commercial and health environment are described. In addition, the guide presents techniques for establishing the partnership and identifies the roles and responsibilities of each partner. Activities the partnership should plan in order to achieve the public health objectives it sets are also included.
The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership in Central America: Handwashing for Diarrheal Disease Prevention
Authors: Camille Saade, Massee Bateman, Diane Bendahmane
A report detailing the successful handwashing promotion initiative that brought together soap companies, government ministries, non-governmental organizations, and the media in three Central American countries to prevent diarrheal disease. The countries experienced improvements in handwashing behavior associated with reductions in diarrheal disease, leveraging of significant additional resources for public health, and sustained involvement of private sector partners in public health promotion. The publication documents these results, describes the essential elements of a public-private partnership, discusses lessons learned from the experience in Central America, and outlines key steps for replication.
The Workplace Guide for Managers: Avian Influenza
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The Guide may be used to support workplace avian influenza efforts in a broad array of formal workplace settings, including, but not limited to: government agencies and facilities, such as schools, hospitals, and public services; nongovernmental organizations; state-owned or -sponsored enterprises; and joint public–private ventures.
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