CALL FOR APPLICATION: PACFaH 2017 Health Budget Monitor Media Challenge

Are you passionate about Nigeria Health Sector? Are you an adept follower of Nigerian media? We the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) Project Nigeria would like to invite you to become a champion and an advocate for child and family health in Nigeria. We draw your attention to join our cause to encourage government to increase the funds for 2017 Health budget.

We call on you to take the lead in writing an article or carry out a media campaign or do a resourceful video reporting on Health Budgeting in Nigeria with a focus on the 2017 Health Budget.

We understand how crucial a standard health system is to Nigeria’s economy, and without a doubt, if Nigeria’s health sector is epileptic, other sectors will be rendered unproductive eventually. This we know cannot be possible without at least a 15% of the overall National budget being allocated to HEALTH. Right now, with the recently submitted 2017 Budget proposal, the Health Budget stands at a very low 4.17%. It is quite disheartening that other African countries with very low influx of revenue like Ethiopia and South Africa budget as much as 12% to 16%; Nigeria can and should have a much higher allocation than these countries.

We know this is possible, with our advocacy and your voice in the media, we can push the health budget higher! Now is the time to act! Take the challenge, go ahead, write an in-depth report/editorial, do a ground breaking media video coverage or voxpop; and if you’re a social media influencer, why not champion a social media campaign.

How to participate in any of the categories

Printed Articles in Newspaper (English and Indigenous)
Interested media persons will draft, share and publicise their own content such as Newspaper articles.
Media channels for participation in the challenge; National and State Newspapers (English and Indigenous)
Participants will then upload an evidence of execution by sharing their scanned content in .JPG format on the submission portal.

Online Articles (Editorials)
Interested media persons will draft, share and publicise their own content articles on a credible online news websites, blogs etc and share content with PACFaH social media channels (Twitter and Facebook).
Participants will then share an evidence of execution by uploading their scanned content in .JPG format on the PACFaH submission portal.

National and State Radio Stations (English and Indigenous)
Develop content for radio in English and/or local dialect of that state
Participants will then share an evidence of execution by uploading their audio content in .MP3 format on the PACFaH submission portal.

National and State TV Stations (English and indigenous)
Develop content for TV in English and/or local dialect of that state
Participants will then share a 5mins extract of their work by uploading video content in .MP4 format on the PACFaH submission portal.

Social Media Influencers
Interested persons will draft, share and publicise their own creative campaigns with their social media accounts and tag PACFaH Social Media handles in your campaigns.
TWITTER: @Pacfah_Nig

FACEBOOK: fb.me/PACFAH

INSTAGRAM: @Pacfah_Nig

Participants will then share an evidence of execution by uploading their screenshot content in .JPG format or short .MP4 video with maximum limit of 5mins on the PACFaH submission portal.

Terms and Conditions

Participants will upload an evidence of execution by uploading their content on PACFaH submission portal.
Evidence include: Scanned Newspaper page, Video and Radio recordings, and Social Media Campaign screenshot/video.

Participants will be required to follow PACFaH online platforms and actively participate in PACFaH conversations on the 2017 health budget.
TWITTER: @Pacfah_Nig

FACEBOOK: fb.me/PACFAH

INSTAGRAM: @Pacfah_Nig

PACFaH will disassociate itself with participants guilty of plagiarism and derogatory content.
The best persons in these different categories of media campaign will be rewarded with modest cash prizes:
Best English National and State Newspaper Article
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N75,000

Best Indigenous Newspaper Article
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N75,000

Best Television Coverage
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N75,000

Best Radio Coverage
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N75,000

Best Local language Radio or TV program in Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Nassarawa, Niger, Oyo and Lagos states
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N50,000

Best Online Media (Only) News Report/Editorial
1st prize =N200,000

2nd Prize = N100,000

3rd prize = N75,000

Best Social Media Influencer
1st prize = N200,000

2nd prize = N100,000

Duration for submission: Monday 23rd to Tuesday, 31st of January

About PACFaH

The Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health Project (PACFaH) Nigeria is a pilot project of Nigerian NGOs. Implemented by 7 Nigerian civil society groups working together to encourage government, at national and state levels, to plan for and increase funding for Child and Family Health in Nigeria with a focus of four issues areas:

Routine Immunization
Family Planning
Nutrition
Amoxicillin as first line treatment for childhood Pneumonia and ORS-Zinc as a treatment for childhood diarrhoea.