Emerging Health Technologies Media Award of Excellence 2022 ($5,000 grand prize)

The Emerging Health Technologies Media Award honors journalists each year who have contributed to the reporting on emerging health technologies (EHT) by writing and publishing articles on the topic.

The EHTs Media Award aims to encourage coverage of emerging health technologies being created for use in Africa as well as to increase public understanding, participation, and local ownership of these innovations. Among the cutting-edge medical innovations that should be taken into account are gene drives for the prevention and eradication of malaria, drones for better health, artificial intelligence, and healthcare microgrids.

Categories

The categories are as follows:

• Print journalism: Feature/article between 700 and 1,500 words published in a newspaper, magazine, journal, or newsletter.
• Radio journalism: Documentary or discussion programme between 5 and 45 minutes.
• Television journalism: Documentary or discussion programme between 5 and 45 minutes.
• Online/new media: Feature/article between 700 and 1,500 words published in an online version of a mainstream newspaper, magazine, journal or a personal website. Audio/visual documentary or discussion programme between 5 and 45 minutes.

Prizes

• EHTs Media Award Grand Prize: $5,000
• EHTs Media Award Print Category: $2,500; Runner-up $1, 000
• EHTs Media Award Radio Category: $2,500; Runner-up $1,000
• EHTs Media Award Television Category: $2,500; Runner-up $1,000
• EHTs Media Award Online Category: $2,500; Runner-up $1,000

Eligibility

• Open to published and broadcasted works in print, radio, television, and online media.
• Only African journalists are eligible for the competition.
• The competition is open to individual journalists and not media institutions or organisations.
• The period of publication/broadcast of entries is from October 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.
• The entries should address EHT development issues relevant to Africa, such as ongoing research, regulatory frameworks, community participation, public awareness and understanding, involvement of African scientists, equity and benefit sharing. The issues may be applicable to one African country or be regional in scope.
• All entries are required to be in English or French. Stories done in local languages should be translated, and the original language indicated.

Application

• Journalists are encouraged to submit entries by sharing link to the published article/programme, as well as a PDF attachment (for print media). URL should be from a credible media platform.
• If an entry is not accessible online, scanned articles or copies of the TV or radio files should be submitted.
• Submitted files should not exceed 15MB.
• Entries should be submitted to the AFIDEP secretariat at htp@afidep.org, copying Pauline.Soy@afidep.org and adaudo.Anyiam-Osigwe@afidep.org. Note that communication with the organisers is in English.