Preplanned studies: infodemic management and public health emergency preparedness capacities

This research provides a comprehensive assessment of the health department’s capabilities in crisis emergency risk communication and infodemic management, identifying key best practices, challenges and bottlenecks. It contributes to the field by offering a framework and methodologies for evaluating these capacities, aiding in improving infectious diseases outbreak response public health emergency management.

Countries and health departments can benefit from these insights by assessing the level of preparedness and readiness in this field and to implement targeted interventions to enhance their preparedness and response capabilities to misinformation and disinformation.