OBJECTIVES OF MEPHI
- Pursue advocacy on issues that affect the health conditions, healthy living and the health rights of Journalists/Media Practitioners as they discharge their day to day profession across Nigeria.
- Make case for, and track the health conditions of Journalists/Media Practitioners while they track the news.
- Facilitating the bringing of such facilities as routine basic medical tests like fasting blood sugar; hypertension; malaria; prostrate; breast and cervical cancer screenings; glaucoma and general eye tests to the newsrooms across the country.
- Provide relevant information and enlightenment on healthy living by organizing seminars, conferences, workshops and scheduled walk/physical exercises to promote the health of the journalists/media practitioners.
- Where necessary, to help raise funds for the treatment of indigent media practitioners with urgent medical situations.
- Produce handbooks, pamphlets and other media materials by experts in relevant medical fields to help media practitioners improve their health situations on the job.
