Swiss healthcare firm, Roche Products Limited, has launched Nigeria’s foremost Health Journalists Academy, which is aimed at enriching health reportage and coverage in Nigeria.
This is towards deepening its involvement in the regeneration of Nigeria’s health sector and sharpening the skills of health journalists through exposure to the latest trends and techniques for specialised reporting.
Organised in partnership with the School of Media and Communication (SMC) at the Pan-Atlantic University, the Academy will see the leading pharmaceutical company funding the training of 15 Nigeria health journalists drawn from the print, broadcast and new media, whose work will heighten awareness of health-related issues and promote healthy living among Nigerians.
Announcing the initiative at the unveiling ceremony of the first set of 15 beneficiaries in Lagos, Herman Addae, country manager, Nigeria, at Roche, said the Academy would contribute significantly to improving awareness of health issues among Nigerians.
Commenting on the initiative, Linus Awute, permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, represented by Ngozi Azodoh, director of health planning, encouraged the top 15 participants to be change agents for the Nigerian health sector and make good use of the knowledge they would acquire at the Academy.
