Citizen News Service - CNS: January 2007

Members of Health Writers' Network facilitated by CNS provide issue-focussed coverage from health and development events or meetings happening around the world, especially in Asian and African region. These health writers document people-centric issues on-site not only from what's being said (and not said) at the event but also raise key local realities from their own community perspectives on such forums.

Some of the core CNS team members have earlier worked with Health and Development Networks (HDN) that established gold standards in documenting people's voices that are seldom heard. HDN facilitated a global team of Key Correspondents in 53 countries.

Forthcoming events where CNS team will be present on-site:

4th Union Asia Pacific Region Conference on Lung Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam: 9-13 April 2013

Women Deliver, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 27-30 May 2013

International Conference on Public Health Priorities: September 2013

AIDS Vaccine 2013

44th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France: October 2013

11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Bangkok, Thailand: November 2013

Events where CNS health writers have reported from:
(click on the hyperlink below to read on-site coverage)

* Consultation on Clinical and Programmatic Guidance on Standard Days Method (SDM), 5 April 2013

* Western Regional Consultation of Partnership for TB Care and Control in India, Indore: 5-6 March 2013

* Panel Discussion on challenges in TB Diagnostics: January 2013

* National Consultation of Partnership for TB Care and Control in India: January 2013

* ICMR Symposium on Multiple Prevention Technologies (MPTs), December 2012

* World Breastfeeding Conference, New Delhi, India: 6-9 December 2012

* 6th Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Seoul, South Korea: 11-17 November 2012

* Union World Conference on Lung Health, Malaysia: October 2012

* International Conference on AIDS Vaccines (AIDS Vaccine 2012), Boston, USA: 8-12 September 2012

* XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), Washington DC, USA: 22-27 July 2012

* National Hijra Habba Consultation, New Delhi: June 2012

* International Microbicides Conference, Sydney, Australia: April 2012

* Meet on Pesticides and Poisoning, CMC Vellore, April 2012

* 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Singapore: March 2012

* Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2012), Chennai, India: 21-22 January 2012

* 25 Years of HIV In India: Chennai, 21 January 2012

* International Science Symposium on HIV and Infectious Diseases, CISR, Chennai, India: 20-22 January 2012

* National Consultation on Hepatitis C and HIV treatment access, New Delhi, India

* Tuberculosis and Children seminar, 14 November 2011

* World Pneumonia Day coverage generated by seven CNS writers (October-November 2011)

* 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, France (23-30 October 2011)

* AIDS Vaccine 2011, Bangkok, Thailand (September 2011)

* 10th International AIDS Congress in Asia and the Pacific (10th ICAAP), Busan, South Korea (24-31 August 2011)

* Lessons From Japan 2011

*High level meeting on Cancer before UN Summit on NCDs, American Cancer Society, New York, USA (18-22 June 2011)

* The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund)'s 4th Partnership Forum, Sao Paulo, Brazil (28-30 June 2011)

* Rights and Responsibilities Training Camp on tobacco control, RTI and citizen journalism (25-31 May 2011)

* Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Kanpur, India (26-27 May 2011)

* UNDP's Leadership Development for Women and Girls Living with HIV (L4R), New Delhi, India (20 May 2011)

* Civil Society meeting with head of India's national TB programme, New Delhi, India (10 May 2011)

* Amrita Diabetic Foot Conference (ADFC 2011), Kochi, India (6-7 May 2011)

* The Revival of the WTO: The Role of India and the Developing Economies in the Current Doha Round, New Delhi, India (30 April 2011)

* Global Health Metrics and Evaluation Conference: Controversies, Innovation, Accountability, Seattle, Washington, USA (14-16 March 2011)

* Meet on importance of addressing TB in context of women's health, New Delhi, India (8th March 2011)

* Region's first Ano-Rectal Problems Revisited Workshop, Lucknow, India (6th March 2011)

* Launch of DiSHAA by National Diabetes, Obesity, and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC), Diabetes Foundation (India) and Emcure, Pune, India (5 March 2011)

* Panchayati Raj Sammelan, Lucknow, India (20 February 2011)

* The Global Commission on HIV and the Law, Bangkok, Thailand (16 February 2011)

* Annual TB Vaccine Research Meeting of TBVI, Switzerland (February 2011)

* International Conference on Emerging Frontiers and Challenges in HIV/AIDS Research, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Mumbai, India (5-8 February 2011)

* Achievements, Challenges and Future Road-map of Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) India, Hyderabad, India (25 January 2011)

* Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2011), Chennai, India (8-9 January 2011)