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October 07, 2014
Ebola in Liberia: Clamping down on the media
Via The Analyst: No Media Coverage At Ebola Centers Unless - Health Ministry.
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOH&SW) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information has imposed new media policy on how both local and international journalists should cover and report Ebola related stories from health care health care centers in the country, but a Liberian journalist condemns the restriction, saying that such restriction is unconstitutional.
Announcing the media restriction at the regular press briefing at the Information Ministry on Monday, the Assistant Minister for Preventive Services who also heads the Ebola incident management, Tolbert G. Nyenswah, said the purpose of the policy is to protect the privacy of patients and health care workers and to protect the health and safety of both national and international journalists.
He said the policy covers all interviews, written or audio-taped as well as video taped, recorded on the grounds of any health care health care facility or outside the facility’s perimeter that have been determined to be restricted. Assistant Minister Nyenswah also said no health care worker is allowed to give out information to either local or international journalists without a mandate from the head office.
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The Assistant Minister also revealed that journalists desirous of reporting from the health care centers should make their requests in advance to the Ministry before interview permission is granted any journalists at any health care center throughout the country.
more...
http://news.analystliberia.com/inde...erage-at-ebola-centers-unless-health-ministry
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"No news is bad news, and only government-approved news isn't news at all." - crof
October 07, 2014
Ebola in Liberia: Clamping down on the media
Via The Analyst: No Media Coverage At Ebola Centers Unless - Health Ministry.
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOH&SW) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information has imposed new media policy on how both local and international journalists should cover and report Ebola related stories from health care health care centers in the country, but a Liberian journalist condemns the restriction, saying that such restriction is unconstitutional.
Announcing the media restriction at the regular press briefing at the Information Ministry on Monday, the Assistant Minister for Preventive Services who also heads the Ebola incident management, Tolbert G. Nyenswah, said the purpose of the policy is to protect the privacy of patients and health care workers and to protect the health and safety of both national and international journalists.
He said the policy covers all interviews, written or audio-taped as well as video taped, recorded on the grounds of any health care health care facility or outside the facility’s perimeter that have been determined to be restricted. Assistant Minister Nyenswah also said no health care worker is allowed to give out information to either local or international journalists without a mandate from the head office.
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The Assistant Minister also revealed that journalists desirous of reporting from the health care centers should make their requests in advance to the Ministry before interview permission is granted any journalists at any health care center throughout the country.
more...
http://news.analystliberia.com/inde...erage-at-ebola-centers-unless-health-ministry
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"No news is bad news, and only government-approved news isn't news at all." - crof