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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44207, first published .
Measuring the Burden of Infodemics: Summary of the Methods and Results of the Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference

Measuring the Burden of Infodemics: Summary of the Methods and Results of the Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference

Measuring the Burden of Infodemics: Summary of the Methods and Results of the Fifth WHO Infodemic Management Conference

Authors of this article:

Elisabeth Wilhelm 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Isabella Ballalai 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Marie-Eve Belanger 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter Benjamin 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Catherine Bertrand-Ferrandis 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Supriya Bezbaruah 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Sylvie Briand 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Ian Brooks 7 Author Orcid Image ;   Richard Bruns 8 Author Orcid Image ;   Lucie M Bucci 9 Author Orcid Image ;   Neville Calleja 10 Author Orcid Image ;   Howard Chiou 1, 11 Author Orcid Image ;   Abhinav Devaria 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorena Dini 13 Author Orcid Image ;   Hyjel D'Souza 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Adam G Dunn 14 Author Orcid Image ;   Johannes C Eichstaedt 15, 16 Author Orcid Image ;   Silvia M A A Evers 17 Author Orcid Image ;   Nina Gobat 18 Author Orcid Image ;   Mika Gissler 19 Author Orcid Image ;   Ian Christian Gonzales 20 Author Orcid Image ;   Anatoliy Gruzd 21 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarah Hess 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Atsuyoshi Ishizumi 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Oommen John 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Ashish Joshi 22 Author Orcid Image ;   Benjamin Kaluza 23 Author Orcid Image ;   Nagwa Khamis 24 Author Orcid Image ;   Monika Kosinska 25 Author Orcid Image ;   Shibani Kulkarni 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Dimitra Lingri 26 Author Orcid Image ;   Ramona Ludolph 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Tim Mackey 27 Author Orcid Image ;   Stefan Mandić-Rajčević 28 Author Orcid Image ;   Filippo Menczer 29 Author Orcid Image ;   Vijaybabu Mudaliar 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Shruti Murthy 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Syed Nazakat 30 Author Orcid Image ;   Tim Nguyen 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Jennifer Nilsen 31 Author Orcid Image ;   Elena Pallari 32 Author Orcid Image ;   Natalia Pasternak Taschner 33, 34 Author Orcid Image ;   Elena Petelos 35, 36 Author Orcid Image ;   Mitchell J Prinstein 37, 38 Author Orcid Image ;   Jon Roozenbeek 39 Author Orcid Image ;   Anton Schneider 40 Author Orcid Image ;   Varadharajan Srinivasan 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Aleksandar Stevanović 28 Author Orcid Image ;   Brigitte Strahwald 41 Author Orcid Image ;   Shabbir Syed Abdul 12, 42 Author Orcid Image ;   Sandra Varaidzo Machiri 43 Author Orcid Image ;   Sander van der Linden 39 Author Orcid Image ;   Christopher Voegeli 44 Author Orcid Image ;   Claire Wardle 45 Author Orcid Image ;   Odette Wegwarth 46 Author Orcid Image ;   Becky K White 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Estelle Willie 47 Author Orcid Image ;   Brian Yau 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Tina D Purnat 6 Author Orcid Image
Elisabeth Wilhelm 1 * , MA ;   Isabella Ballalai 2 * , MD ;   Marie-Eve Belanger 3 * , PhD ;   Peter Benjamin 4 * , MPH, MD ;   Catherine Bertrand-Ferrandis 5 * , DVM ;   Supriya Bezbaruah 6 * , PhD ;   Sylvie Briand 6 * , MD, PhD ;   Ian Brooks 7 * , PhD ;   Richard Bruns 8 * , PhD ;   Lucie M Bucci 9 * , MA ;   Neville Calleja 10 * , MD, PhD ;   Howard Chiou 1, 11 * , MD, PhD ;   Abhinav Devaria 12 * , MS ;   Lorena Dini 13 * , MScIH, PhD ;   Hyjel D'Souza 12 * , BSc ;   Adam G Dunn 14 * , PhD ;   Johannes C Eichstaedt 15, 16 * , PhD ;   Silvia M A A Evers 17 * , LLM, PhD ;   Nina Gobat 18 * , PhD ;   Mika Gissler 19 * , MSocSci, DrPhil ;   Ian Christian Gonzales 20 * , MD ;   Anatoliy Gruzd 21 * , PhD ;   Sarah Hess 6 * , MPH ;   Atsuyoshi Ishizumi 6 * , MSc ;   Oommen John 12 * , MD, PhD ;   Ashish Joshi 22 * , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Benjamin Kaluza 23 * , PhD ;   Nagwa Khamis 24 * , MD ;   Monika Kosinska 25 * , MA ;   Shibani Kulkarni 1 * , MPH, PhD ;   Dimitra Lingri 26 * , LLM ;   Ramona Ludolph 6 * , MPH, PhD ;   Tim Mackey 27 * , MAS, PhD ;   Stefan Mandić-Rajčević 28 * , MD, PhD ;   Filippo Menczer 29 * , PhD ;   Vijaybabu Mudaliar 12 * , BPharma, PGDCRM, MS ;   Shruti Murthy 12 * , BDS, MPH, PhD ;   Syed Nazakat 30 * , MA ;   Tim Nguyen 6 * , MS ;   Jennifer Nilsen 31 * , MPP ;   Elena Pallari 32 * , PhD ;   Natalia Pasternak Taschner 33, 34 * , PhD ;   Elena Petelos 35, 36 * , MPH, PhD ;   Mitchell J Prinstein 37, 38 * , PhD ;   Jon Roozenbeek 39 * , PhD ;   Anton Schneider 40 * , AB ;   Varadharajan Srinivasan 12 * , MPhil ;   Aleksandar Stevanović 28 * , MD ;   Brigitte Strahwald 41 * , MSc, Mmel ;   Shabbir Syed Abdul 12, 42 * , PhD ;   Sandra Varaidzo Machiri 43 * , MPH ;   Sander van der Linden 39 * , PhD ;   Christopher Voegeli 44 * , MPH, PhD ;   Claire Wardle 45 * , PhD ;   Odette Wegwarth 46 * , PhD ;   Becky K White 6 * , PhD ;   Estelle Willie 47 * , MPH ;   Brian Yau 6 * , BSc ;   Tina D Purnat 6 * , MSc

1 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , US

2 Brazilian Inmunization Society , São Paulo-SP , BR

3 Department of Political Science and International Relations , Université de Genève , Geneva , CH

4 HealthEnabled , Cape Town , ZA

5 Olylo , Paris , FR

6 Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention , World Health Organization , Geneva , CH

7 Center for Health Informatics , School of Information Sciences , University of Illinois , Champaign , IL , US

8 Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , Baltimore , MD , US

9 Immunize Canada , Canadian Public Health Association , Ottawa , ON , CA

10 Directorate for Health Information and Research , Ministry for Health , Valletta , MT

11 US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , Rockville , MD , US

12 The George Institute for Global Health , New Delhi , IN

13 Working Group Health Policy and Systems Research and Innovation , Institute for General Practice , Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , DE

14 Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health , Faculty of Medicine and Health , University of Sydney , Sydney , AU

15 Department of Psychology , Stanford University , Stanford , CA , US

16 Institute for Human-Centered AI , Stanford University , Stanford , CA , US

17 Department of Health Services Research , Maastricht University , Maastricht , NL

18 Department of Country Readiness Strengthening , World Health Organization , Geneva , CH

19 Department of Knowledge Brokers , THL Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , FI

20 Field Epidemiology Training Program , Epidemiology Bureau , Department of Health , Manila , PH

21 Ted Rogers School of Management , Toronto Metropolitan University , Toronto , ON , CA

22 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy , City University of New York , New York , NY , US

23 Department Technological Analysis and Strategic Planning , Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT , Euskirchen , DE

24 Infection Prevention and Control Department , Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt-57357 , Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital , Cairo , EG

25 Department of Social Determinants , World Health Organization , Geneva , CH

26 European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network , Aristotle Universtity of Thessaloniki , Brussels , BE

27 Global Health Program , Department of Anthropology , University of California , San Diego , CA , US

28 Institute of Social Medicine , Faculty of Medicine , University of Belgrade , Belgrade , RS

29 Observatory on Social Media , Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , US

30 DataLEADS (Health Analytics Asia) , New Delhi , IN

31 Technology and Social Change Project , Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , US

32 Health Innovation Network , Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital , London , GB

33 Center of Science and Society , Columbia University , New York , NY , US

34 Instituto Questão de Ciência , São Paulo , BR

35 Department of Health Services Research , Care and Public Health Research Institute , Maastricht University , Maastricht , NL

36 Clinic of Social and Family Medicine , Faculty of Medicine , University of Crete , Heraklion , GR

37 American Psychological Association , Washington DC , DC , US

38 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , US

39 Department of Psychology , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

40 Bureau for Global Health , Office of Infectious Disease , United States Agency for International Development , Washington DC , DC , US

41 Pettenkofer School of Public Health , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Munich , DE

42 Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics , Taipei Medical University , Taipei , TW

43 African Field Epidemiology Network , Harare , ZW

44 Office of the Director , National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases , US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , GA , US

45 Information Futures Lab , School of Public Health , Brown University , Providence , RI , US

46 Heisenberg Chair for Medical Risk Literacy & Evidence-Based Decisions , Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , DE

47 Communications, Policy, Advocacy , The Rockefeller Foundation , New York , NY , US

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Tina D Purnat, MSc
  • Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention
  • World Health Organization
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  • Geneva
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  • Phone: 41 22 791 21 11
  • Email: purnatt@who.int