GlobalPost blog interviews reporter Joanne Silberner about PRI series on cancer in developing world

Dec 8 2012

GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog features an interview with freelance reporter and artist-in-residence at the University of Washington in Seattle Joanne Silberner, a former NPR correspondent, about her recent series for PRI's "The World," titled "Cancer's New Battleground -- The Developing World." Produced in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the series examines cancer prevention, control, and research efforts in Uganda, Haiti, India, and the U.S., according to the blog. Silberner said she was "astounded" to learn "there are more deaths from cancer (in the developing world) than if you added up the deaths from HIV, [tuberculosis], and malaria," the blog notes. She also said she was "surprised" to learn about the stigma against cancer in the developing world, which "keeps people from coming in [to clinic], it keeps local governments from supporting treatment efforts, and that may change, but that's the way it is now." Silberner said coverage of global health issues is important to raise awareness and knowledge in the U.S. (Judem, 12/6).