Wednesday, December 13, 2006

HealthToday bags UNICEF's child-friendly magazine award

The only magazine given the citation this year

HealthToday, a health, fitness and wellness magazine, has received special recognition as "Child-Friendly Magazine of the Year" for 2005.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) commended HealthToday for "promoting health and wellness for families and affirming the right of children and their parents to quality of life and wholesome living."

The award was given in April 2006 during the 5th UNICEF-PPI's Child-Friendly Newspaper and Journalist Awards held at the Orchid Garden Suites in Manila.

Other child-friendly awardees of the year are Junior Inquirer, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mindanao Times, the Baguio Midland Courier, as well as outstanding columns, children's stories and a child writer from Leyte.

Celebrating its 10th year of publication in the Philippines, HealthToday is a monthly glossy that empowers its readers toward healthy living. A sister publication, MOMS&babies, is a bi-monthly magazine that guides mothers through their parenting journey.

CMP Medica PTE. LTD. c/o MediMarketing Inc., publisher of HealthToday and MOMS&babies, is the biggest healthcare publishing company in Asia. It is affiliated with the United Business Media group of the United Kingdom.

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