Media Contact:

For information on the Western Heads East program, please contact our media desk at westernheadseast@uwo.ca. We will arrange interviews and provide background information and/or photos, as well as taping/photo opportunities by appointment.

Media Coverage - Western Heads East

Year 2013

• Modify Watches, Mar 8, 2013
  Join Modify in Celebrating International Women's Day!

Year 2012

• Western News, September 26, 2012
  Western Heads East still answering the call

Year 2011

• Western News, December 19, 2011
  Million-dollar gift enriches lives in Africa
• Perceptions about Probiotic Yogurt ^-pdf
  for Health and Nutrition in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania,
  published through www.icddrb.org
• CTV News on Dec 19, 2011
• London Free Press
• World Bank blog publication - Kadongo and Oyugis, Yoghurt Results from Kenya
• The case study in Harvard review

Year 2010

• Collaborating For Better Health, Pathways Magazine:
  The Changing Science, Business and Experience of Health
• Micronutrients, N-Acetyl Cysteine, Probiotics and Prebiotics, a Review of Effectiveness in Reducing HIV Progression
  - Nutrients
• Probiotic Yoghurt Consumption is Associated With an Increase of CD4 Count Among People Living With HIV/AIDS
  - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
• A Community Celebration for Western Heads East
  - Western Makes a Difference News
• Lessons from the East By Isabella Ssozi
  - The Reporter, University of Western Ontario

Year 2009

• Milk Producer, June 2009
  "One yoghurt at a time" by Sharon Laidlaw
• Western News, September 29, 2009
  Reid, Strong inducted into Health Sciences academy
• Western News, September 15, 2009
  Brescia honours trailblazing alumnae
• AUCC Publication
• Nature Medicine Magazine, June 2009, Volume 15 No 6
• Interview with Jaimie Hemsworth
• Western News, June 26, 2009
  Board approves Strategic Plan for Internationalization
• Colorado HIV and Aids Examiner, June 25, 2009

Year 2007

• Is 'Fiti' the path to new health? - Western News: November 15th 2007
• Into Africa with Western Heads East - Western News: November 15th 2007
• Probiotics research earns international prize - Western News: June 7th 2007
• Western Heads East wins major award - Western Alumni Gazette: April 19th 2007

Year 2006

• W.H.E. Students for Development Internships - AUCC 2006
• Western Heads East wins the Western Award of Excellence - The Western Award of Excellence: 2006
• Tanzanian reps meet MedOutreach in UCC - western news: November 30th, 2006
• Nutrition program in Tanzania fights AIDS - University Affairs: December 2006
• Un programme de nutrition pour lutter contre le sida en Tanzanie - Affaires Universitaires: Decembre 2006
• Life-saving outreach earns major award - Western News: November 9th, 2006
• Western Heads East Awarded - The Gazette: November 7th, 2006
• Western shines in Canada Corps University Partnership Program - Western News: July 7th, 2006
• Staff conference resonates inspiration, empowerment - Western News: March 9th, 2006
• Western Heads East receives Canada Corp Funding
• Dallas heads East - The Gazette : February 9th, 2006
• New award singles out top staff - Western News : January 26, 2006

Year 2005

• "We are more "bacterial" than "human": bacteria outnumber our own cells by 10:1." - The Yale Journal of Public Health, Undergraduate Publication
• Emotions mixed, interns prepare to return - Western News : June 9th, 2005
• Funding turnaround keeps Africa program alive - Western News : Apr. 14th, 2005
• African nutrition project suffers setback - Western News : Mar. 24th, 2005
• Fostering a culture that can fight AIDS - The Globe and Mail : Feb. 12th, 2005
• 'Fiti' offers AIDS hope in Tanzania - Western News : Jan. 20th, 2005

Year 2004

• Western Students to 'Head East' - Western News : Oct. 14th, 2004
• Fundraising BBQ success - Western News : Jul. 7th, 2004
• Sale supports African project - Western News : Jun. 23rd, 2004
• Western Heads East Makes a Difference in Africa - Western News : Apr. 1st, 2004
• Student Interns Chosen for Western Heads East - Western News : Oct. 7th, 2004
• Talking Stick - Western Heads East, Jun. 2004
  By association of College and University Housing Officers
• Launch of WHE, April 1, 2004