Combating the COVID-19 infodemic: a three-level approach for low and middle-income countries

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
² Center of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh ahmad.ateeb101@gmail.com.
³ North Central Regional Health Authority, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁴ BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh.
⁵ Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, University of Dhaka, Barisal, Bangladesh.
⁶ Diabetology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁷ Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

Sambit Dash et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;6(1):e004671.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004671.

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
² Center of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh ahmad.ateeb101@gmail.com.
³ North Central Regional Health Authority, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁴ BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh.
⁵ Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, University of Dhaka, Barisal, Bangladesh.
⁶ Diabetology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁷ Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

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Keywords: COVID-19; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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