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Not Just Dance Moves: TikTok, Snapchat and other teen faves are essential spaces for social connection and self expression

May 21, 2020

TikTok isn’t only useful for practical health information—although doctors and nurses have been showing off some killer moves over the past few weeks, and reaching teenagers who might otherwise be missed by the UK government’s lacking communication strategy. It is also providing a sense of community, something that is more and more important as the possibility of lockdown looms longer, and digital spaces shift from being a secondary aspect of our social lives, to being a an essential space for maintaining social connections. For teenagers, this is particularly important.

Read more: https://www.media-diversity.org/not-just-dance-moves-tiktok-snapchat-and-other-teen-faves-are-essential-spaces-for-social-connection-and-self-expression/?fbclid=IwAR3MEiWXLHu2n8Lyj19EFtaD65cD9_PM5Yy9_6INr0rT8Y71Vp88ayYKGp0

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, Article, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Friend Groups, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Social Media, Social Mobilisation, Tik Tok, Youth / Adolescent

COVID-19 West and Central Africa

May 21, 2020

This is a comprehensive online library of the regional working group for community engagement to fight coronavirus. The readymade tools available on this website are designed to be culturally adapted and context specific.

Click here to explore the website.

 

 

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *REGION: Sub-Saharan Africa, Community Engagement, CoronaWestafrica.org, Format Type, Guide/Manual/Toolkit

Sustaining Public Health Systems through Effective Communication: Learnings from the Pandemic

May 20, 2020

Coronavirus-19 is now reality in virtually all countries in the world.  The manner of communication — notably by government leaders — can be diverse and spotty at times — causing disparate levels of effectiveness. Timely, credible and regular communication is critical to keeping citizens safe and to managing the Covid pandemic.

Please join in as health and communication experts from one of the most populous countries in the world and the most resource-rich country share their insights.

The Panel: Aman Gupta, Prof Vivekanand Jha: Anjali Nayyar and Denise Gray-Felder

In association with The George Institute for Global Health and Health Issues India

May 21, 2020 06:30 PM (India time)

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4015894349119/WN_NAaohfAjSiaI408u0Xhs7g

Filed Under: [E] INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *ONLINE LEARNING, *REGION: Global, COVID-19, India, Public Health Communication, Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Webinar

Launch of the WHO Academy and the WHO Info mobile applications

May 20, 2020

WHO announces the launch of the WHO Academy app designed to support health workers during COVID-19 and the WHO Info app designed to inform the general public.

Read more: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-05-2020-launch-of-the-who-academy-and-the-who-info-mobile-applications

Filed Under: [A] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, *APPROACHES, *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *DIGITAL ROUTES, *REGION: Global, *STRATEGY & METHODS, *TELEPHONY ROUTES, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Digital Engagement, Mobile, Public Health Communication, WHO - World Health Organisation

COVID-19 Rumor Tracking Guidance for Field Teams

May 20, 2020

This is a short guide, with important steps and resources, on how country programs can track and address rumors around COVID-19 (as needed). The guide includes a number of great resources and links while also sharing nuggets from global, collective thinking around rumors.

The guide includes sections on:

  • Coordinating

  • Discovering the rumors

  • Verifying the information

  • Engaging the community

Read here: https://covid19communicationnetwork.org/covid19resource/technical-brief-covid-19-rumor-tracking-guidance-for-field-teams-2/

Filed Under: *APPROACHES, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *REGION: Global, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Government (National), Guide/Manual/Toolkit, Issues - Rumour, Misinformation & Fake News, JHU - Johns Hopkins University

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