Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Introduction - The JATH Initiative


JOURNALIST ADVOCACY ON TOBACCO & HEALTH INITIATIVE OF NIGERIA (JATH)  is a media-based health communication, not for profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to the understanding of public health issues and movement for change in public health awareness in Nigeria. It is a network of journalists and Academics drawn from various media organization in Nigeria who work to secure a safe, clean environment and healthy living by preventing tobacco use and advocating changes in public health and environmental policy.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
To facilitate health communication and civic education.
To advocate policy change in public health.
To build strong media partnership for tobacco control and build capacity of Nigeria youths to respond to myriad problems of tobacco use.
To sponsor and/or support programs and/or activities aimed at promoting and propagating humanities ad human discourse in Nigeria.
To help people defend and protect their rights to clean air, for seeking legal redress on abuse of the environment.
To conduct research on public health advocacy.

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