| REACH Lilly MDR-TB Partnership Media Awards 2012 |
| Winners Announced |
English Category:
Tie between Independent Journalist Peerzada Arshad from Jammu and Kashmir for his story
‘TB Awareness still a challenge in Kashmir’ and Kounteya Sinha of Times of India, Delhi, for his story,
‘TB? You can’t be positive’
A special citation was awarded to Anuradha Mascarenhas of The Indian Express, Pune for her unrelenting efforts
in reporting on the disease.
Local Languages Category:
The first place was won by Malayalam journalist Ranjith Chathoth of Mathroobhoomi for his story on the problem of defaulters in multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
The second place was awarded to Hindi journalist Dayashankar Mishra of People’s Samachar for his story on the
tuberculosis burden on marble factory workers in Katni, Madhya Pradesh.
The full report on the media awards is available here.
Jury Members
All entries were evaluated by an eminent panel including:
- Dr. Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director General (TB), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
- Dr. Nevin Wilson, Director, The Union, South East Asia.
- Dr. Sowmya Swaminathan, Deputy Director, Tuberculosis Research Centre.
- Dr. Jaya Shreedhar, Health Communications Consultant.
- Dr. Arjun Rajagopalan, Vice Chair, REACH and Chief of Staff, Sundaram Medical Foundation.
- Mr. Ashok Malik, Journalist and Columnist.
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