Managing the Infodemic for Public Health: A Call to Action for an Evidence-Based Approach
We hope you enjoy this next installment in our event summaries that we are preparing on a selection of our previous Speaker Series events. Each summary provides the reader with the presentation’s objective, what we heard as the key messages, next steps, and a link to the event’s recording. While this event series is conducted in English, these summaries have been translated into French. To see the French version of this event summary, please click here.
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Speaker
C Czerniak
Objective
This summary provides an overview of the Speaker Series presentation led by Dr. Czerniak on ‘Managing the Infodemic for Public Health: A Call to Action for an Evidence-Based Approach,’ originally held on May 27, 2021. The aim of her talk was to share information about the World Health Organization initiatives to engage experts in the development of a public health research agenda to accelerate research and funding into infodemic interventions and management.