The theme of the 2021 edition of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week was
“media and information literacy for the public good”(UNESCO, 2021b). The Republic of …

The southern African country of Mozambique confronts a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic, and
public health experts believe that motivating Mozambicans to abandon risky heterosexual …

Although the Nigerian government appears committed to improving maternal and child
healthcare (MCH), studies consistently show high maternal and child mortality in the country …

Abstract The Community Psychiatric Support Organization is a registered voluntary not for
profit NGO in Uganda working to promote mental health by empowering the community to …

This paper examines media professionals and researchers perceptions on the rising trend of
fake news in mainstream print publications in Zimbabwe and whether there are institutional …

This study investigated the perception of sources of maternal health information among
women in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. The study employed survey …

A growing body of work is focused on understanding audiences' engagement with various
forms of misinformation that they encounter online. This chapter examines responses to …

ABSTRACT A content analysis of print and online sources was conducted to assess the
performance of the Ghanaian news media in reporting about agricultural biotechnology. The …

The Covid-19 crisis has brought to the fore a critical concern about medical misinformation,
especially false beliefs in alternative treatments. In India, this misinformation is not merely …

Nigeria is a developing country with varied developmental challenges. It has one of the
worst maternal and child healthcare (MCH) indices, globally. The media, as a vital element …