Tackling misinformation: Educating the continent on coronavirus using technology
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There is a pressing need for reliable information about COVID-19 in Africa. To meet this challenge Africa CDC has partnered with CcHub to coordinate continent-wide development and dissemination of vetted and culturally sensitive information materials.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has been at the forefront of coordinating Africa’s response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. To combat the pandemic in Africa, on 22 February 2020, the African Union through the Africa CDC convened an emergency meeting of African Ministers of Health on the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak.
The meeting underlined, among other things, the urgent need to put in place an effective communication strategy with a view to ensuring the real-time transmission of information relating to COVID-19 to African citizens, as well as to fight misinformation, which was exacerbating misconceptions, generating panic
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Quotes: Global Citizen Launches a Recovery Plan for the World - a Campaign to End COVID-19 for All and Kickstart a Global Recovery
Published 02-23-21
Submitted by Global Citizen
NEW YORK, GENÈVE, Switzerland, and BRUSSELS, February 23, 2021 /CSRwire/– International advocacy organization Global Citizen today launched a Recovery Plan for the World - a campaign to end COVID-19 for all and kickstart a global recovery. The Recovery Plan for the World is a year-long campaign and series of events that aims to: 1) end COVID-19 for all; 2) end the hunger crisis; 3) resume learning everywhere; 4) protect the planet; and 5) advance equity for all.