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Journalism Contest Winners Highlight the Human Toll of Poor Health Care

Winners of the 2018 Global Health Reporting Contest shone a light on the resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, high infant mortality among India’s poorest populations and scarcity of healthcare in rural China.

Journalists from Six Countries Honored for Outstanding Health Reporting

Journalists whose work brought to light inadequate and life-threatening medical care for mothers and newborns in Brazil, Ghana and India are among the winners of the 2017 Global Health Reporting Contest. Other winners reported on childhood cancer in China, a scourge of hepatitis C in Russia, and new medical centers for poor citizens in rural Benin.

A distinguished panel of judges selected the six winners from more than 130 submissions. The program is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.

As Zika Spreads, Scientists Scramble to Understand the Disease

As the Zika virus spreads around the world, a panel of journalism and health experts said there was an urgent need for basic research to answer key questions about this devastating disease. Are women infected with the Zika virus able to have healthy children in the future? Can you develop immunity against the disease? Why is there a disproportionate number of children in Brazil with brain damage as a result of Zika? Are pregnant women the only ones at risk?

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Six Journalists Probing Global Health Issues Win Reporting Contest

The International Center for Journalists has named six journalists from around the world as winners of the 2016 Global Health Reporting Contest. They produced riveting stories, from profiles of pregnant women living in the heart of the Zika epidemic in Brazil to health workers traveling on bikes to distribute medicines in Cameroon.

The entries were selected from more than 150 submissions. The winners – from Brazil, Cameroon, China, India, Russia and Zimbabwe – will visit Washington, D.C., Atlanta and New York this fall as part of a 10-day study tour.

Weak Health Systems, Poor Communications Were Lethal Combo During Ebola Crisis

A deadly mix of poor health services and communication failures fueled the Ebola epidemic that claimed more than 11,200 lives in West Africa, according to an ICFJ panel of journalists and health researchers who witnessed the disease’s devastation first-hand. But the panel of experts noted that there are promising signs that the global community could be better prepared to handle the next outbreak.

Slideshow: 2015 Global Health Reporting Awards Dinner

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Johnson and Johnson honored six journalists from China, Russia, India, Senegal, Brazil and Cameroon at the 2015 Global Health Reporting Awards Dinner in New York City. The 2014 winners also attended the event.

ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan moderated a discussion titled, "Fighting

Award-Winning Stories Illuminate Health Challenges Faced by Children and Women

From Brazil’s “crack-baby” epidemic to a mobile-phone app that is saving the lives of pregnant women in Cameroon, the entries that won the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) 2015 Global Health Reporting Contest illuminate the complex challenges facing communities and health-care providers around the world.

More than 150 journalists submitted stories for the contest, which is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. The six winners will participate in a 10-day study tour of the United States this fall.

5 Tips for Better Health Reporting

In a live chat this month, the four winners of ICFJ’s 2014 Maternal and Child Health Reporting Contest offered tips on how to produce health stories that engage audiences and have an impact— the key reasons their reports won last year’s contest.

Together, their winning stories reached a combined audience of 11.5 million people in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

2015 Global Health Reporting Webinar

Journalists interested in ICFJ’s 2015 Global Health Reporting Contest are invited to participate in a webinar featuring discussions with winners from the 2014 program, a senior health journalist and ICFJ staff.

The webinar will feature advice from the speakers on developing health stories, engaging audiences and applying to the contest

Health Reporting Contest Seeks Stories That Engage Audiences, Improve Lives

Building on the success of last year’s Global Health Reporting Contest, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) invites journalists to submit news stories that demonstrate the power of media to improve the quality of life of the world’s most vulnerable people: mothers and children.