Award for Excellence in reporting on HIV/AIDS.

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Award for Excellence in reporting on HIV/AIDS.

(AIeF) The Ramnath Goenka Memorial Foundation announced- in association with

USAID, Avert Society and Health Communication Partnership/s Hopkins

University (HCP/JHU) awards for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Journalism.

The awards covered the Indian print media in English and Marathi, and

given to an author of an article or series in a newspaper or magazine

that makes an exceptional contribution to public awareness and

understanding of HIV/AIDS issues.

The two award winners, one each in English and Marathi is also

nominated to attend the three week Leadership in Strategic Health

Communication Workshop at the s Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health/ Centre for Communication Programs in Baltimore, USA .

The winning articles was judged by the following criteria:

• Making an exceptional contribution to public awareness and

understanding of HIV/AIDS issues.

• Being a substantive work that covers a story comprehensively

and raises public consciousness and awareness about HIV/AIDS issues.

• Demonstrating general excellence, quality of writing, and

coverage that most accurately, objectively, and sensitively portrays

HIV/AIDS and leads to a greater awareness and understanding of

HIV/AIDS issues.

• Using appropriate language, and taking into consideration

gender sensitivity, and ethical and human rights concerns.

This year, the winners were Loksatta's Shekhar Vasant Deshmukh

(Marathi) and Sadhna Mohan (English) of AIDS Buzz.