Civil Society Organisations Pre-Forum Meeting African Development Forum - ADF 2000: Keynote address by Mr. Omololu Falobi project coordinator, journalists against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria

Abstract

This Keynote Address delivered by Mr. Omololu Falobi Project Coordinator, Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria at the Civil Society Organizations Pre-Forum Meeting African Development Forum – ADF 2000. Mr. Falobi, on his remarks, outlined that, the objective of the Discussion Session to aggregate views and perspectives of key media players on journalists’ information needs and constraints in reporting of HIV/AIDS. JAAIDS has worked with Nigerian journalists in other areas of needs. We carry out training programmes in journalism schools, where journalism students are trained in HIV reporting and equipped to carry out prevention education on campus. Post workshop evaluation conducted so far has shown that this project has achieved a tremendous impact in the students’ response to HIV prevention and an improvement in their interest in health reporting.