Infodemic and the fear of monkeypox: call for action

Monkeypox (MPX) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of July 23(rd), 2022. Fake news spread on social media has already surfaced and contributed to worsening of this concerning situation, making it difficult for the health care ex...

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Autores principales: Farahat, Ramadan Abdelmoez, Head, Michael G., Tharwat, Samar, Alabdallat, Yasmeen, Essar, Mohammad Yasir, Abdelazeem, Basel, Setti, Mounir Ould
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36058955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00459-8
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Alabdallat, Yasmeen
Essar, Mohammad Yasir
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description Monkeypox (MPX) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of July 23(rd), 2022. Fake news spread on social media has already surfaced and contributed to worsening of this concerning situation, making it difficult for the health care experts’ voices to be heard. Therefore, we recommend some solutions to overcome this situation, including raising public awareness and preventing stigma through sharing engagement with civil society organizations, and better cooperation between policymakers, the medical community, and social media platforms regarding providing accurate official news about MPX. WHO-one health approach should be established and prioritized.
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spelling pubmed-94413212022-09-06 Infodemic and the fear of monkeypox: call for action Farahat, Ramadan Abdelmoez Head, Michael G. Tharwat, Samar Alabdallat, Yasmeen Essar, Mohammad Yasir Abdelazeem, Basel Setti, Mounir Ould Trop Med Health Letter to the Editor Monkeypox (MPX) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of July 23(rd), 2022. Fake news spread on social media has already surfaced and contributed to worsening of this concerning situation, making it difficult for the health care experts’ voices to be heard. Therefore, we recommend some solutions to overcome this situation, including raising public awareness and preventing stigma through sharing engagement with civil society organizations, and better cooperation between policymakers, the medical community, and social media platforms regarding providing accurate official news about MPX. WHO-one health approach should be established and prioritized. BioMed Central 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9441321/ /pubmed/36058955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00459-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Setti, Mounir Ould
Infodemic and the fear of monkeypox: call for action
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