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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/69474, first published .
Viewpoint on the Intersection Among Health Information, Misinformation, and Generative AI Technologies

Viewpoint on the Intersection Among Health Information, Misinformation, and Generative AI Technologies

Viewpoint on the Intersection Among Health Information, Misinformation, and Generative AI Technologies

António Bandeira   1, 2 , MD, MPH ;   Luis Henrique Gonçalves   3 * , PhD, MSci ;   Felix Holl   4, 5 * , PhD, MSc, MPH ;   Juliet Ugbedeojo Shaibu   6, 7 * , MPH ;   Mariana Laranjo Gonçalves   8 * , MD, MBA ;   Ronan Payinda   9 * ;   Sagun Paudel   10 * , MPH, MSc ;   Alessandro Berionni   11 , MD ;   Young WFPHA   12 * ;   Tina D Purnat   13, 14 , DrPH, MSci ;   Tim Mackey   15 , PhD, MAS

1 Unidade Local de Saúde Santo António, Unidade de Saúde Pública, Polo Gondomar, Porto, Portugal

2 Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

3 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4 DigiHealth Institute, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany

5 Leibniz Science Campus Digital Public Health, Bremen, Germany

6 Technical Advice Connect, Abuja, Nigeria

7 Global Health Policy Taskforce, World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland

8 STARS Brazil Initiative (Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship), Londrina, Brazil

9 University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

10 Public Health Initiative, Kathmandu, Nepal

11 World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland

12 World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland

13 T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

14 Global Health Equity and Digital Technology Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland

15 Global Health Program, Department of Anthropology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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