Course Overview

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and competencies of journalists, communications experts, research scientists, public relations officers, and program managers across all aspects of health and science reporting. The course will build professionalism, neutrality, and the capacity to conduct honest, balanced investigations into health stories, turning complex scientific and medical matters into publishable stories that a layperson can understand and want to read. Building journalists’, communications experts’, and research scientists’ skills in health reporting remains critical to ensuring accurate, unbiased reporting that contributes to saving or improving lives.

Course Dates: March 2026
Course Dates: 23 March 2026 to 29 May 2026
Application Dates: 9 Feb 2026 to 6 March 2026
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Journalists
Research Scientists
Public Relations Officers
Health managers
What You Will Learn
Timothy Sang awarded Health Health Journalism and Public Health Communication certificate at KEMRI firtst cohort ceremony, showcasing success in health journalism training Kenya 2025
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Course Modules
Module 1: Health Journalism

Core journalistic skills for health reporting, including news and feature writing, ethics, fact‑checking, interpreting medical research, and crisis communication.

Health systems, epidemiology, health literacy, digital and social media, visual storytelling, public relations, and strategic health communication campaigns.

Practical understanding of the links between environment, climate, household energy, air pollution, and health in African contexts.

Participants research, develop, and publish or broadcast an original health or science story under expert supervision.

Health and Science Communication

Build the skills to report health, science, and climate stories with accuracy, ethics, and real‑world impact.
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