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ArticleJMIR infodemiology2023

Effective Infodemic Management: A Substantive Article of the Pandemic Accord.

Kazuho Taguchi, Precious Matsoso, Roland Driece, Tovar da Silva Nunes, Ahmed Soliman, Viroj Tangcharoensathien

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Article in JMIR infodemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Kazuho Taguchi *Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0008-1223-9912
Precious Matsoso *University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0002-7192-0114
Roland Driece *Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, The Hague, Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0009-7007-5618
Tovar da Silva Nunes *Mission Permanente du Brésil auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-7639-7059
Ahmed Soliman *Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-3933-8797
Viroj TangcharoensathienInternational Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3235-0091
International Labour Organization · CHMinistry of Health Welfare and Sport · NLMinistry of Public Health · THUnited Nations · USUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social media has proven to be valuable for disseminating public health information during pandemics. However, the circulation of misinformation through social media during public health emergencies, such as the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), Ebola, and COVID-19 pandemics, has seriously hampered effective responses, leading to negative consequences. Intentionally misleading and deceptive fake news aims to harm organizations and individuals. To effectively respond to misinformation, governments should strengthen the management of an "infodemic," which involves monitoring the impact of infodemics through social listening, detecting signals of infodemic spread, mitigating the harmful effects of infodemics, and strengthening the resilience of individuals and communities. The global spread of misinformation requires multisectoral collaboration, such as researchers identifying leading sources of misinformation and superspreaders, media agencies identifying and debunking misinformation, technology platforms reducing the distribution of false or misleading posts and guiding users to health information from credible sources, and governments disseminating clear public health information in partnership with trusted messengers. Additionally, fact-checking has room for improvement through the use of automated checks. Collaboration between governments and fact-checking agencies should also be strengthened via effective and timely debunking mechanisms. Though the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has yet to define the term "infodemic," Article 18 of the INB Bureau's text, developed for the Pandemic Accord, encompasses a range of actions aimed at enhancing infodemic management. The INB Bureau continues to facilitate evidence-informed discussion for an implementable article on infodemic management.

Indexed as

COVID-19DisinformationGovernmentHumansInfodemicPandemicsCOVID-19disinformationINBINB Bureauinfodemicinfodemic managementIntergovernmental Negotiating BodymisinformationPandemic Accordpublic healthsocial mediaWHOWorld Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID37728969
PMCPMC10551798
OpenAlexW4386100519

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Registered trials

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