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When Worlds Collide #69: Public Trust in Times of Global Pandemics
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 2 June 2013 How should we respond to a rapidly spreading infectious disease like a particularly virulent form of influenza? What precautions are essential to … Continue reading →
Posted in Disaster, Disaster Communication, Education, ICT, Media, Media freedom, Public health, Public information, Public perceptions
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Tagged Asia Media Summit 2013, CDC, China, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), Communicating disasters, Crying wolf, Dr Margaret Chan, Dr Rohan Samarajiva, Guangdong province, HIV/AIDS, International Health Regulations (IHR), Lessons of SARS, Outbreak Communication Guidelines, SARS+10, SciDev.Net, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), social media, Trust, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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