Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries

INTRODUCTION.- PART I.HEALTH COMMUNICATION: DISCOURSES FROM TRADITION TO MODERNITY.- 1.Witchcraft and the moral philosophy of Ubuntu are entangled: Implications for HIV & AIDS communication in South Africa. Colin Chasi.- 2.Communicable and non-communicable diseases and health communication in mainland China and Hong Kong. Patchanee Malikhao.- 3.Sexual health in changing media scenarios in Russia. Elizaveta Golousova & Dmitry Strovsky.- PART II.HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE.- 4.Digital technology and HIV & AIDS prevention in Kenya. Nancy Muturi.- 5.The role of mHealth in India: Understanding the futuristic ramifications for community empowerment. Ravindra Kumar Vemula.- 6.Media and public health communication at the grassroots: Village cinemas and HIV education in Papua New Guinea. Verena Thomas & Mark Eby.- PART III.FRAMING OF HEALTH IN MEDIA.- 7.No news is bad news: examining the discourse around Hugo Chávez's illness. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru.- 8.The forms of silence: Media coverage on neglected diseases in Brazil. Raquel Paiva and  and Igor Sacramento.- 9.Of bulging bellies and slimming TVs: Television and nutrition transition in India. SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu.- PART IV.EMERGING ISSUES.- 10.Exploring individual, cultural and structural components of health communication programs: A gender integrative approach. Saumya Pant, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Aanchal Sharma & Pradeep Krishnatray.- 11.Covering the last mile: A challenge in health communication in India? Arbind Sinha.- CONCLUSION