Data Journalism for Health Reporters — BHRF Handbook
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Training Manual March 2026

Data Journalism for Health Reporters — BHRF Handbook

2026
BHRF Training Team, Mehedi Hasan

A working handbook for the BHRF Data Journalism Bootcamp covering DGHS data, csv handling, basic statistics, and reproducible reporting workflows.

Written for the 2026 BHRF Data Journalism Bootcamp in partnership with Internews. The handbook walks reporters through the DGHS Health Bulletin tables, common pitfalls in interpreting hospital-admission data, csv and spreadsheet hygiene, basic statistical claims journalists can defend, and a reproducible reporting workflow using publicly available tools. Each chapter includes a Bangladesh-specific worked example.

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