BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost-Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ben Phiri, has described his selection as one of the inaugural African Senior Fellows in Global Health Communication Leadership as a great honour.
In an interview with Maravi Post,Phiri said the fellowship provides an opportunity to advance innovative health communication strategies across Africa, with projects targeting critical issues such as climate change and its impact on HIV, tuberculosis, and non-communicable diseases.
He joins other distinguished fellows, including Yewande Alimi of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Jepchirchir Kiplagat of Moi University in Kenya.
The programme is hosted by the University of Southern California’s (USC) Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, in collaboration with the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and the Keck School of Medicine.
In a joint statement, USC collaborators Jonathan Cohen, Adam Powell, and Jung-hwa ‘Judy’ Kang said the initiative is designed to ‘build bridges between health policy and the people most affected by it.’
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