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The Public Health Program works closely with individual Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations. Find out more about Soros foundations.

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The Health Media Initiative aims to increase public awareness of health issues by facilitating interaction between the media and public health NGOs. The overall initiative goals also include facilitating the ability of the media to raise awareness about marginalized populations and stigmatized issues, and improving the capacity of public health NGOs to utilize media and communicate effectively with the public.

Within the context of the Public Health Program's policy and advocacy work, the Health Media Initiative supports activities such as journalist training and follow-up activities, communication training for advocates and NGOs, and collaboration with journalism schools. The initiative works closely with other Public Health Program initiatives, OSI’s Media Program, Soros foundations in the former Soviet Union and in Africa, and the Tifa Foundation in Indonesia. In addition, the Health Media Initiative invests in health journalism in specific countries to address broader, systemic issues such as the dearth of health media and obstacles to reporting on the health of marginalized groups, including issues of self-censorship.

For more information on the Health Media Initiative, please contact Lila Elman at lelman@sorosny.org.

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