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World Health Editors Network (WHEN)

World Health Editors Network (WHEN). Franklin Apfel EEN meeting, Geneva, 17 May 2008. AIM. The World Health Editors Network (WHEN) is an international, inter-professional exchange and action platform dedicated to exploring and strengthening communications as a positive determinant of health.

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World Health Editors Network (WHEN)

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  1. World Health Editors Network (WHEN) Franklin Apfel EEN meeting, Geneva, 17 May 2008

  2. AIM • The World Health Editors Network (WHEN) is an international, inter-professional exchange and action platform dedicated to exploring and strengthening communications as a positive determinant of health.

  3. MEMBERSHIP • All national health professional association journal editors • Specialist health editors from mainstream media • Voluntary and free • Members agree to work towards agreed ethical guidelines

  4. ETHICAL GUIDELINES 1. First, try to do no harm. Human rights and the public good are paramount. 2. Get it right. Check your facts and your sources, even if deadlines are put at risk. 3. Do not raise false hopes. Be especially careful when reporting on claims for ‘miracle cures’ or potential ‘health scares’. 4. Beware of vested interests. Ask yourself, ‘Who benefits most from this story?’ 5. Reject personal inducements. Always make it clear if material is being published as a result of sponsorship.

  5. ETHICAL GUIDELINES (Contd) 6. Never disclose the source of information imparted in confidence. 7. Respect the privacy of the sick, the disabled and their families at all times. 8. Be mindful of the consequences of your story. Remember that individuals who may be sick or disabled – especially children – have lives to live long after the media have lost interest. 9. Never intrude on private grief. Respect the feelings of the bereaved, especially when dealing with disasters. Closeup photography or television images of victims or their families should be avoided wherever possible. 10. If in doubt, leave it out.

  6. WHEN DIFFERENTIATING CHARACTERISTICS • Inter-professional • International • Health—communication as a determinant of … • Association-linked • Proactive

  7. PROACTIVITYStrengthening health professional associations’ communication capacity to influence public health • Convene editors around newsworthy events (“cuckooing”) • Network exchange • Web page

  8. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION Association Mapping • WAME – Peer review ethics • IPI – Press freedom (editors) • IFJ – Press freedom (journalists) • WAN – Press freedom (WEF) • Communication Initiative – Health/ development web information resources • National Associations – International communications • Others?

  9. ICN Irene Wanland, Vårdfacket, Sweden Isabel Cruz, Online Brazilian Nursing Journal, Brazil Jane Robinson, International Nursing Review, UK/International Thembeka Gwagwa, Nursing Update, South Africa Julita Sansoni, Professioni Infermieristiche, Italy Jean Gray, Nursing Standard, UK WMA Prof Stanley N C Anyanwu, Nigerian Medical Journal, Nigeria Deborah Cohen, BMJ, UK Udani Samarasekera, The Lancet, UK ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS (1)

  10. FDI Murray Thomson, New Zealand Dental Journal, New Zealand Lethoko Tsiu, African Regional Organisation John O’Keefe, Journal of Canadian Dental Association, Canada Gudrun Sangnes, Norwegian Dental Journal (Den norske tannlegeforenings Tidende), Norway Daniel Zimmermann, Dental Tribune, Germany/International FIP Alan Chalmers, Pharma International, Switzerland/International Kaushik Desai, PharmaTimes, India Marta Morkevicius, Association of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Uruguay Bill Arnold, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS (2)

  11. PRIORITY ACTIVITIES • Global health intelligence. • Breaking news. • Networking. • Health diplomacy?

  12. Global Health Intelligence • Making Global Health News workshop, 18-19 May 2008 • The “Unofficial” Guide to the WHO 61st WHA

  13. Breaking News • Climate Change and Health workshop, 23-24 January 2008 • First African Climate Change and Health Conference, 26-29 August 2008, Brazzaville • FDI meeting, September 2008, Stockholm

  14. Networking • Links with the EEN (nursing European Editors’ Network) • UN Environment Programme’s SAICM (Strategic Approach to Integrated Chemicals Management)

  15. Health Diplomacy • Definition • Links – global health and international relations (eg pandemics and climate change response) • Health development and security • “WHEN tour”

  16. Contact: • Christina Thorsen, FDI : CThorsen@fdiworldental.org • Linda Carrier-Walker, ICN : carrwalk@icn.ch • Nigel Duncan, WMA : nduncan@ndcommunications.co.uk • Myriah Lesco, FIP : myriah@fip.org • Franklin Apfel, WHCA : franklin@whcaonline.org • WHEN@whcaonline.org

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