Health
Health action with informed and engaged societies
Health
As of March 15 2025, The Communication Initiative (The CI) platform is operating at a reduced level, with no new content being posted to the global website and registration/login functions disabled. (La Iniciativa de Comunicación, or CILA, will keep running.) While many interactive functions are no longer available, The CI platform remains open for public use, with all content accessible and searchable until the end of 2025. 

Please note that some links within our knowledge summaries may be broken due to changes in external websites. The denial of access to the USAID website has, for instance, left many links broken. We can only hope that these valuable resources will be made available again soon. In the meantime, our summaries may help you by gleaning key insights from those resources. 

A heartfelt thank you to our network for your support and the invaluable work you do.
Time to read
less than
1 minute
Print
a- a+
Published 21 years ago
Last updated 1 year ago
Read so far

Media Network on Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS (MeNDAH)

0 comments
The Media Network on Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS (MeNDAH) is a programme that addresses links between drugs, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS through journalism. The primary focus of the programme is to draw attention to the link between drug abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Organisers of the Nigeria-based programme include International Press Centre (IPC), Development Communications (DEVCOMS) Network, and Media Concern (MEDIACON) for Women and Children.
Communication Strategies

Organisers say that MeNDAH is directed at raising awareness about the way in which the abuse of substances aid crime and invariably increase the level of new HIV infections. "MeNDAH aims to generate and create programmes for reporting issues surrounding drug abuse as well as its relation to the spread of HIV/AIDS."

MeNDAH, as part of its strategy, networks with other stakeholders in the area of drug demand reduction and the control and management of drug use in the country. It also advocates for policies and programmes for the control of drug abuse, as is being done for HIV/AIDS.

Development Issues

Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS.

Partners

IPC, DEVCOMS Network, and MEDIACON for Women and Children.

Sources

Letter sent from Akinlabi Jimoh to Soul Beat Africa on April 27 2004.