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The substantial awareness role of web-based and social media platforms in developing countries during a pandemic scenario: the example of COVID-19.
Abdul-Baki, Mohammad-Nasan; Dhemesh, Yaseen; Alasadi, Lugien; Alsuliman, Tamim.
  • Abdul-Baki MN; Faculty of Medicine, University of Hama, 0500 Hama, Syria.
  • Dhemesh Y; Faculty of Medicine, University of Hama, 0500 Hama, Syria.
  • Alasadi L; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, 0100 Damascus, Syria.
  • Alsuliman T; Hematology and Cell Therapy Department, Saint-Antoine Hospital, AP-HP Sorbonne University, 75012 Paris, France.
J Public Health (Oxf) ; 42(3): 642-643, 2020 Aug 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-506093
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

During the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19, social media platforms have shown effectiveness in information dissemination. Delivering evidence-based medical knowledge and trustworthy recommendations is a difficult mission for classical entities, especially in a war-torn country with a fragile health system. In this context, the role of non-governmental scientific organizations was proven, filling the gap between original scientific sources and a non-English speaking population.

METHODS:

We reviewed an example of an organization named Syrian Researchers, which publishes based-on-reliable-sources of scientific content and has massive reachability across Middle East and beyond.

RESULTS:

We strongly believe that this model is a simple and suitable approach that may be helpful for other low-income or war-torn countries in the context of health-related disasters.

CONCLUSIONS:

This subject is of high importance and we believe that this approach may ameliorate public health knowledge, thus, participate in defying the COVID-19 consequences.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Information Dissemination / Developing Countries / Pandemics / Social Media Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: J Public Health (Oxf) Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pubmed

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Information Dissemination / Developing Countries / Pandemics / Social Media Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: J Public Health (Oxf) Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pubmed