Grants of up to 1500 for Public health reporting from Africa-China Reporting Project

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

Africa-China Reporting Project

Deadline

30 Apr 2020

Specialities

Social sciences and humanities

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

The Africa-China Reporting Project is inviting journalists to submit proposals for reporting grants of up to US$1,500 for investigations focused on public health and related issues. The Project provides capacity building and facilitation in the form of reporting grants, workshops and other opportunities for journalists to investigate complex dynamics and uncover untold stories. Journalists are encouraged to emphasize on-the-ground impact and perspectives to illustrate how the lives of Africa’s people are changing amid the comprehensive phenomenon of Africa-China interactions.

The Competition Theme:-

In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing impact in Africa, the Project invites journalists to submit proposals investigating current ground-level responses, capacity, successes/failures, shortcomings, services and collaborations in African countries, communities and organisations.
The Focus Areas:-
1. Current state of preparedness in Africa for the COVID-19 epidemic.
2. Existing state of public/private health services and programmes in Africa and expected requirements to deal with extreme crises and pandemics such as COVID-19.
3. Current interaction, exchange and engagement between African and Chinese or foreign health professionals, practitioners, companies and institutions. Application in Africa of knowledge and successful measures used to fight the pandemic in China and elsewhere.
4. Use of Chinese and other foreign health technology in Africa.
5. Inspiring role models, humanitarians, innovators and advocates in the current climate of the African public health sector.
6. Investigations of xenophobia and stigma inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health issues.
7. Local community health solutions, capacity and measures in African countries.
8. Application of public health best practices in Africa.
9. Public health data and measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
10. The impact of media coverage on pandemics and best practices for journalists for covering pandemics.
11. The economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
12. Lessons for combating the COVID-19 pandemic from previous pandemics and diseases.
These are suggested topics but journalists can also pursue others, as long as the focus is within the broad Africa-China public health framework.

Benefits:-

You will receive a grant of up to US$1,500 for investigations focused on public health and related issues.

About the Africa-China Reporting Project:-

The Africa-China Reporting Project hosted at the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, aims to improve the quality of reporting on Africa-China issues by providing facilitation and capacity building for journalists via reporting grants, workshops and other opportunities. The Project facilitates journalists to investigate complex dynamics and uncover untold stories, with an emphasis on on-the-ground impact and perspectives to illustrate how the lives of the people of Africa are changing amid the comprehensive phenomenon of Africa-China interactions.

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