Published on in Vol 1, No 1 (2021): Jan-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/30979, first published .
A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

Authors of this article:

Neville Calleja1 Author Orcid Image ;   AbdelHalim AbdAllah2 Author Orcid Image ;   Neetu Abad3 Author Orcid Image ;   Naglaa Ahmed4 Author Orcid Image ;   Dolores Albarracin5 Author Orcid Image ;   Elena Altieri6 Author Orcid Image ;   Julienne N Anoko7 Author Orcid Image ;   Ruben Arcos8 Author Orcid Image ;   Arina Anis Azlan9 Author Orcid Image ;   Judit Bayer10, 11 Author Orcid Image ;   Anja Bechmann12 Author Orcid Image ;   Supriya Bezbaruah13 Author Orcid Image ;   Sylvie C Briand14 Author Orcid Image ;   Ian Brooks15 Author Orcid Image ;   Lucie M Bucci16 Author Orcid Image ;   Stefano Burzo17 Author Orcid Image ;   Christine Czerniak14 Author Orcid Image ;   Manlio De Domenico18 Author Orcid Image ;   Adam G Dunn19 Author Orcid Image ;   Ullrich K H Ecker20 Author Orcid Image ;   Laura Espinosa21 Author Orcid Image ;   Camille Francois22 Author Orcid Image ;   Kacper Gradon23 Author Orcid Image ;   Anatoliy Gruzd24 Author Orcid Image ;   Beste Sultan Gülgün25 Author Orcid Image ;   Rustam Haydarov26 Author Orcid Image ;   Cherstyn Hurley27 Author Orcid Image ;   Santi Indra Astuti28 Author Orcid Image ;   Atsuyoshi Ishizumi3, 29 Author Orcid Image ;   Neil Johnson30 Author Orcid Image ;   Dylan Johnson Restrepo30 Author Orcid Image ;   Masato Kajimoto31 Author Orcid Image ;   Aybüke Koyuncu3 Author Orcid Image ;   Shibani Kulkarni3, 29 Author Orcid Image ;   Jaya Lamichhane14 Author Orcid Image ;   Rosamund Lewis32 Author Orcid Image ;   Avichal Mahajan14 Author Orcid Image ;   Ahmed Mandil4 Author Orcid Image ;   Erin McAweeney22 Author Orcid Image ;   Melanie Messer33 Author Orcid Image ;   Wesley Moy34 Author Orcid Image ;   Patricia Ndumbi Ngamala35 Author Orcid Image ;   Tim Nguyen14 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Nunn36 Author Orcid Image ;   Saad B Omer37 Author Orcid Image ;   Claudia Pagliari38 Author Orcid Image ;   Palak Patel3, 29 Author Orcid Image ;   Lynette Phuong14 Author Orcid Image ;   Dimitri Prybylski3 Author Orcid Image ;   Arash Rashidian4 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily Rempel39 Author Orcid Image ;   Sara Rubinelli40, 41 Author Orcid Image ;   PierLuigi Sacco42, 43 Author Orcid Image ;   Anton Schneider44 Author Orcid Image ;   Kai Shu45 Author Orcid Image ;   Melanie Smith22 Author Orcid Image ;   Harry Sufehmi46 Author Orcid Image ;   Viroj Tangcharoensathien47 Author Orcid Image ;   Robert Terry48 Author Orcid Image ;   Naveen Thacker49 Author Orcid Image ;   Tom Trewinnard50 Author Orcid Image ;   Shannon Turner51, 52 Author Orcid Image ;   Heidi Tworek53 Author Orcid Image ;   Saad Uakkas54 Author Orcid Image ;   Emily Vraga55 Author Orcid Image ;   Claire Wardle56 Author Orcid Image ;   Herman Wasserman57 Author Orcid Image ;   Elisabeth Wilhelm3 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrea Würz21 Author Orcid Image ;   Brian Yau58 Author Orcid Image ;   Lei Zhou59 Author Orcid Image ;   Tina D Purnat35 Author Orcid Image

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