Fellows & Editors
Catherine de Lange
- Trip:
- Zambia 2013
- Affiliation:
- Nature
- Country:
- Zambia
- Year:
- 2013
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Catherine de Lange is a science journalist and editor with a background in print and multimedia. In her current role as Naturejobs editor, she writes and edits science careers advice and articles, including the Naturejobs blog. Catherine has a science background, with a degree in Human Sciences from University College London, and a Masters in Science Media Production from Imperial College London. She spent several years working on science documentaries for TV and radio before getting into print journalism. As a freelancer prior to her current role at Nature, Catherine has had her work published extensively in New Scientist magazine, as well as The Observer, Cosmos Magazine, The Science Development Network and The Washington Post.

Stories
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AIDS Prevention: Africa’s Circumcision Challenge
Marvin is 22 years old, single and — like many men of his age — thinking about girlfriends. But for the next six weeks, he will have to give his love life a...
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Building Labs in Shipping Containers
In Zambia, I visited Barry Kosloff from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who is the lab manager on the ZAMBART project in Lusaka. He’s been working on...
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Zambian Health Journalism Under Attack
{image-1} Government control of the media in Zambia makes it impossible for journalists to report accurately on health issues in the country, and to reach those populations who carry the greatest...
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Global Health Careers: Starting Out
{image-1} Keane McCullum is a senior biochemistry major at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, who is currently applying to medical school. Jay Bala is a second year Masters of Public Health student...
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Journalism in Zambia: Self-Censorship, Blocked Websites, and Social Media Monitoring
Brandishing placards asking passing traffic to honk in the name of free press, Zambian bloggers will today take to the streets of Lusaka for the second time in a fortnight to protest...
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Using Maths and IT to Help Tackle HIV
{image-1} Crispin Sapele is Director of Systems and Operations at CHAMP, a not for profit organisation which was set up to respond to the growing need for corporate HIV/AIDS programmes within...
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Love Games Try to Help Raise Awareness of HIV in Zambia
At the Munali Secondary School in Lusaka, an unusual youth club is under way. All eyes are on Humphrey Chileshe, a facilitator who uses sign language to lead an open and frank...
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Albert Mwango on ART and Nutrition in Zambia
ARV treatment requires access to food and hygiene to work properly. Is the Zambian government providing this alongside treatment for HIV? IRP reporters ask Albert Mwango from the Ministry of Community Development. ...
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What Drew You to a Career in Global Health?
Dr. Jennifer Stevenson of the Macha Research Institute in Zambia talks to Naturejobs about her career in global health. Catherine de Lange is currently reporting on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria in...
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Traditional Zambian Lunch
I just had a traditional Zambian lunch, which included guinea fowl, beef, pork trotter, and all manner of veg, some of it which was ground up with peanuts. Delish. {image-1} {image-2} My...
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Safe Love for Deaf Ears
We hear a lot about public health campaigns falling on deaf ears or being lost in translation, but what happens when awareness campains literally fail to reach their target audience because they...
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The Face of the HIV Epidemic Is the Face of a Woman
{image-1} As I was preparing for this trip, I read a lot about the specific challenges for women in dealing with the risk of HIV, especially in countries like Zambia, where the...
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Before I Joined Safe Love
{image-1} When talking about marginalized groups in the HIV epidemic, especially in Africa, we rarely hear about deaf people. Today, I visited a school which is mostly attended by deaf children and...
Blog Posts RSS
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July 23, 2013 | by de Lange, Catherine
Sunset Over the Zambezi
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July 22, 2013 | by de Lange, Catherine
So You Want to Work in Global Health?
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July 21, 2013 | by de Lange, Catherine
Cosafa Cup Celebrations
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July 18, 2013 | by de Lange, Catherine
Photography Class
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July 11, 2013 | by de Lange, Catherine
Global Health Reporting Trip to Zambia
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