WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features

• Main Authors: Sara Rubinelli (Author), Tina D. Purnat (Author), Elisabeth Wihelm (Author), Denise Traicoff (Author), Apophia Namageyo-Funa (Author), Angus Thomson (Author), Claire Wardle (Author), Jaya Lamichhane (Author), Sylvie Briand (Author), Tim Nguyen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Information Network for Epidemics produced an agenda for managing the COVID-19 infodemic. "Infodemic" refers to the overabundance of information-including mis- and disinformation. In this agenda it was pointed out the n...