Press Release

How to protect yourself in the infodemic?

07 July 2020

UNESCO and the World Health Organization are calling out the COVID-19 Infodemic and calling on everyone to be on the frontline for truth.

Sharing unverified information during the COVID-19 pandemic can be dangerous, unhealthy, and make our life more confusing. UNESCO and the World Health Organization are calling out this Infodemic and calling on you to be on the frontline for truth.

It’s easy.

Watch the video for the simple actions we can all take on how to identify false information, verify trusted sources, and help ourselves and loved ones to stay safe.

See the video translated for Bosnia and Herzegovina here

Read UNESCO’s Policy Briefs: Combating the disinfodemic via: https://en.unesco.org/covid19/disinfodemic

More info on WHO infodemic management and register for the first WHO global infodemiology conference: https://www.who.int/teams/risk-communication/infodemic-management 

RCO

Communications Unit

UN entities involved in this initiative

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHO
World Health Organization

Goals we are supporting through this initiative