Combating the COVID-19 infodemic: a three-level approach for low and middle-income countries
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10361-169922022-06-14T21:01:48Z Combating the COVID-19 infodemic: a three-level approach for low and middle-income countries Dash, Sambit Parray, Ateeb Ahmad De Freitas, Loren Mithu, Md Imran Hossain Rahman, Md Mustafizur Ramasamy, Aarthy Pandya, Apurva Kumar Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health COVID-19 infodemic Three-level approach Low and middle-income countries This article was published in BMJ Global Health by BMJ Journals [© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004671 The Journal's website is at: https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e004671 The COVID-19 crisis has contributed to the development of an ‘infodemic’ that hinders an adequate public health approach to managing the crisis. The WHO defines an infodemic as an ‘overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that occurs during an epidemic’.1 Fake news, propaganda and conspiracy theories, ubiquitous in the era of social media, have spread since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports suggest that a rumour is three times more likely to be spread in social media than accurate information.2 This is of great concern as it often leads to reduced trust in health institutions and services and impedes the evidence-informed approach in managing the pandemic. The infodemic may also promote hate speech and associated stigmatisation which may contribute to exclusions of vulnerable sections of society. The adverse effects of the infodemic may be exacerbated in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where low health literacy levels, poor health infrastructure and poor resource settings exist. One example is the spread of misinformation that concentrated alcohol can kill the novel coronavirus. This led to methanol poisoning that contributed to the deaths of more than 700 people in Iran and resulted in blindness in 60 people in other LMICs.3 Misperceptions about COVID-19 also entail less adherence with proven precautionary behaviours such as social distancing interventions.4 Broad categories of misinformation related to COVID-19 include those about the disease itself, conspiracy theories, scapegoating and false cures. A concerted, tailor-made, evidence-informed effort from a transdisciplinary perspective is required to address the impact of the infodemic in LMICs. In this article, we suggest measures and approaches that LMICs can undertake in order to combat the COVID-19 infodemic and future infodemics. Published 2022-06-14T10:07:28Z 2022-06-14T10:07:28Z 2021 2021-01-29 Journal Article Dash, S., Parray, A. A., De Freitas, L., Mithu, M. I. H., Rahman, M. M., Ramasamy, A., & Pandya, A. K. (2021). Combating the COVID-19 infodemic: A three-level approach for low and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 6(1) doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004671 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004671 en_US https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e004671 BMJ Global Health application/pdf BMJ Journals |
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This article was published in BMJ Global Health by BMJ Journals [© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004671 The Journal's website is at: https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e004671 |
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