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Risk communication, including community engagement and social mobilisation, is a core capacity for emergency response that all countries should have in order to respond to health threats. It is an essential component of an effective response to a health threat such as pandemic and seasonal influenza.
Learning objective:
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- list the core ideas and principles for emergency risk communication for an influenza event;
- explain why facts are not enough to communicate risk; and
- describe steps to take to prepare for risk communication.
Languages: English, French, Spanish Course duration: Approximately 1 hour. Find more information on the course on the WHO-Website.
Published in GI-Mail 08/2018 (English edition). Sign up for GI-Mail here. 
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