Guardian International Development Journalism Competition 2011

London, 3rd May 2011: Malaria Consortium is excited to be participating in the Guardian International Development Journalism Competition launching today.



The competition has been created by Marie Stopes International and The Guardian and is sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline and Barclays. It aims to encourage amateur and professional journalists to explore crucial but often sidelined issues of international development and provide them with the opportunity to travel to Africa or Asia and conduct in-depth research into the topics they will be writing on.

This is the third year Malaria Consortium is taking part in the competition and it is a particularly crucial one for the development community as the Millenium Development Goals are fast approaching their end dates. This competition addresses wider questions concerning international development and health, and allows participating organisations to gain fresh perspective on issues which are more specific to their work.

Malaria Consortium is one of nine international organisations involved in the competition. This year’s supporting charities are

David Ralph has just completed a PhD in return migration at the University of Edinburgh and has had stories published in the Irish Times, as well as several regional Irish papers. He entered the competition in the amateur category. His entry article focused on the notion of aid effectiveness, and can be read here.

Selected as one of the eight amateur finalists, David travelled with us to visit Malaria Consortium Mozambique programme, to carry out his final assignment on the complex issue of community health workers.
Click here to read his story: Bridging the Healthcare Gap. 
 

Ann Morgan is a freelance journalist working in the Guardian's Business & Professional department. She graduated from Cambridge University with a first class degree in English Literature and later worked for the Victorian Society, a heritage charity. She is also a professional singer, performing most regularly at St Columba's, Knightsbridge. Ann wrote a piece on Fairtrade and the macadamia industry in Malawi in the first round of the competition, which can be read here.
 
Ann travelled to the Thai - Cambodian border with Malaria Consortium to cover the challenges involved with the elmination of malaria in a country, particularly in light of growing resistance to anti-malarials in this region.  She spent a week meeting with our staff in addition to senior health officials at the national and district levels, WHO, health post and clinic workers as well as beneficiaries in Bangkok, Trad and Chantaburi along the border with Cambodia.
Read her story: Thailand: Who will fund the drive to beat Malaria?

Ann also shared with us her thoughts and experiences following her trip to Thailand, which you can read here

For more information please contact Diana Thomas d.thomas@malariaconsortium.org