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UNICEF + Angelique Kidjo’s Pata Pata Official Music Video


Angélique Kidjo’s Pata Pata official music video.  From Australia to Benin, Japan to Kenya – see if you can spot your country. Spread the dance, not the disease! View here: https://www.facebook.com/unicef/videos/246845973188469/?t=131

May 14, 2020

WHO: Video on Trusting in Science


A new WHO animation video just released, produced by Trans.Lieu, advocating to believe and trust in science despite the many ongoing challenges. View here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg8sRsERlwU&fbclid=IwAR2ZEKPciiiVwcL9E6b9rItGRINuV5Yr6cPy_O3KCFLHocCJcDBr1OYHui4

UNICEF Niger: la jeunesse mène une vaste campagne de sensibilisation


Au Niger, la jeunesse mène une vaste campagne de sensibilisation sur le #coronavirus et promeut la plateforme muryarmatassa.org. Link: https://www.facebook.com/unicefniger/videos/932279883958432/?t=32

When hip-hop saves lives: UNESCO, i4Policy, UNHCR join forces in #DontGoViral campaign to fight infodemic around COVID-19


“The success of the DontGoViral campaign underlines the resilience and creativity of women and men on the African Continent to harness the power of cultural diversity to effectively combat the infodemic that is proving to be just as viral as the pandemic itself. Their contributions highlight the fact that cultural players are a much-needed part […]

Webinar : Digital Activism in Times of Pandemic


This webinar is organized by the Centre of Digital Culture and International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Classes & Social Movements. It was filmed in May 2020. View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImBgHO4iMaQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0NOFeT1Uj-lZiz7_bMu9utYU0CTCzPqUpkhHccN3U0VYMXBV5jesyEg34

WHO Kenya: Engaging traditional leaders during COVID-19


During the COVID19/pandemic, WHO has engaged the elders and religious leaders in this community in Kenya and sensitized them on matters related to Covid-19 since they are the influencers and decision makers in their community. The community leaders sit with their members and identify the responsibilities of each segment of the population and decide how […]

Le Gouvernement du Niger et WhatApp lancent un ChatBot pour répondre aux questions liées au Covid-19


Fruit d’une collaboration entre Facebook Inc., le Ministère de la Santé Publique et l’UNICEF, le Niger a officiellement lancé ce jour un « ChatBot » sur le réseau social Whatsapp, pour permettre à tous les utilisateurs de disposer d’informations fiables et à jour sur la situation du Covid-19 au Niger et pour répondre à tout […]

Commemorating Smallpox Eradication – a legacy of hope for COVID-19 and other diseases


On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’  The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3 000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Read more here: https://worldhealthorganization.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/d/79608C701352D75F2540EF23F30FEDED/0E1BB089696BD24784E5AAD5A6C37FC6?fbclid=IwAR3GNuj9s5nG3ZWNFjHx6n1m3qo0fnwND8B6tI0ams-1Au5jTInWUK_oUVc

Vidéo: Comment le Covid-19 influence la communication de nos dirigeants


Giuseppe Conte, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel… Les chefs d’État des nations touchées par le Covid-19 ont tous dû annoncer à la population des mesures inédites pour tenter de freiner la pandémie. Comment la communication de nos dirigeants a-t-elle évolué depuis le début de cette crise ? Explications en vidéo. Link: https://www.courrierinternational.com/video/video-comment-le-covid-19-influence-la-communication-de-nos-dirigeants?fbclid=IwAR13he_mU5VZC8C-ygipDqS7C_jg_0yuyoZlnOF48XIB6WfP_SyRFK8cP_4

The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown


The ‘Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown,’ has been launched on the National Literacy Trust’s Website. It is only available online but it is free. Over 100 children’s authors and illustrators have contributed short stories, poems and pictures. Read here: https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/

Iraqis turn to sketches and songs to contain virus


Yahoo News: In one skit from the parody adaptation of the long-running Syrian TV drama, ‘Bab al-Hara’, the show’s main character Abu Issam, played by Iraqi artist Mohammad Qassem, scolds his son to ‘put on your mask!’ Read more here: https://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-turn-sketches-songs-contain-virus-030931227.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIBNALyILiWHf370g6TCXVJWh8LwAOFLs5Dy728KTptuuixA81Nm0k1AR3I6KVQ2b58oqG49Zjk5joiB_c987NAa43na9YVGacHzLHw6c3C53lOC9qEfFba3sARO_ijlTDvnxBfI2zHxh3uaLWZ9aCcM6GWGhL29oUAmTF6bcqI2

The coronavirus murals trying to keep Kenya’s slums safe


A street artist called Msale has taken it upon himself to create giant murals bringing public health messages directly to the overcrowded Mathare slum in Nairobi. With half a million people living in such ‘a squeezed area’  social distancing is quite impossible to achieve, says Msale, so he is providing information for people on how […]

World Teenage Reporting Project >COVID 19


Since mid April, the assignment to teenage journalists in 16 countries has been to cover the untold stories of how their peers are helping both potential and current victims of the virus and their caregivers. The project will continue “until it’s not needed anymore. The goal is to combat Global Youth & News Media see […]

Behavioral Public Policy Faces a Crisis


“…our field wasn’t ready for a pandemic. We had no behavioral playbook on nudges, defaults, and other strategies for improving social distancing, mask use, remote learning, home-based work, and social transfers.” Read more here: https://behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-public-policy-faces-a-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR0CemIHC-tN0vVB6RjpklAVwdBO0MobBEI8CIK8yHC5u7-ElyVKAYFz_bA

Why the U.S. needs a pandemic communications unit


When policymakers consider how to respond to a public health crisis, they tend to think in terms of quarantines, medical equipment supplies, and travel restrictions. Yet they too often miss a vital factor that countries like South Korea and Singapore recognized long ago—that public communications are just as crucial. Effective communication increases compliance with public […]

MTV: Videos on life during COVID-19


This miniseries of 5 minute episodes sees characters from four different countries connect via video calls as they navigate their ‘new normal’ under COVID-19. While some focus their concerns on the more material aspects of this new lockdown life, others struggle to cope with the every day strains of isolation, economic upheaval, and life behind […]

Rumour and Misinformation Animation Video


BBC Media Action: The ‘info-demic’ of health mis- and disinformation surrounding COVID-19 poses a grave threat to people’s well-being – whether it’s false information about how the new coronavirus is spread and how to prevent it, or false cures likely to do more harm than good. Simple, easy-to-adapt content that reminds younger audiences on social […]

May 12, 2020

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