{"id":450,"date":"2024-01-31T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T23:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercedessayagues.com\/?page_id=450"},"modified":"2024-05-05T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:25:30","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mercedessayagues.com\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"450\" class=\"elementor elementor-450\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afb9128 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"afb9128\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b96ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22b96ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8f3c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d8f3c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/mercedessayagues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Lives-Mean-Nothing_cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-946\" alt=\"Study on Chinese heavy sands mining in northern Mozambique\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercedessayagues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Lives-Mean-Nothing_cover.jpg 423w, https:\/\/mercedessayagues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Our-Lives-Mean-Nothing_cover-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b419cf6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b419cf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8780f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e8780f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nRESEARCH STUDIES<br><br>OUR LIVES MEAN NOTHING <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3679fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3679fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>A case study examining the impact of Chinese heavy sands mining on local communities and the environment in Nagonha, Nampula Province, northern Mozambique.<\/p><p><em>Amnesty International, 2019<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009be72 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"009be72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2b902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b2b902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Writing for Our Lives<\/strong> documents best practices from <strong>Maisha Yetu,<\/strong> whose defining feature has been continuous in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six media houses in <strong>Botswana, Kenya and Senegal<\/strong> over two years.<\/p><p>The <strong>uninterrupted presence of journalist-trainers<\/strong> (as opposed to the more widespread model of one-time workshops on health reporting) enabled the integration of theory and practice.<\/p><p>This resulted in dramatic changes in the <strong>quantity and quality<\/strong> of reporting on HIV\/AIDS,TB and malaria. 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