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UNESCO<\/a> joined hands with other United Nations (UN) agencies to counter COVID-19 infodemics so that hundreds of millions of people worldwide will be better able to spot the difference between information and misinformation about COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cooperation is supported by a grant of $4.5m from the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.<\/p>\n

The fund was specifically set up to support work to track and understand the spread of the virus; ensure patients get the care they need and frontline workers get essential supplies and information; and accelerate research and development of a vaccine and treatments for all who need them.<\/p>\n

For UNESCO, the contribution to the partnership will be in training journalists and supporting community radio.<\/p>\n

Thousands of journalists will be trained for updated reporting on the pandemic and related disinformation through a series of online interactive briefings with experts and mentors.<\/p>\n

UNESCO will also work with partners to produce content for radio channels, particularly in vernacular languages for areas with scarce or no Internet access, with the topic covering preventive measures, debunking myths about the virus, and highlighting the importance of non-discrimination and solidarity.<\/p>\n

Part of the package will be training on how to operate a home-based radio studio during lockdown.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO), through its offices in Africa, is developing an \u201cInfodemic Response Alliance\u201d that will bring together ministries of health, civil society, media, fact checkers and UN actors to ensure early warnings of misinformation. Other WHO activities are planned in the Eastern Mediterranean, European, the Americas, and South East Asia regions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides UNESCO and the WHO, the other UN partners include UN Global Pulse and the International Telecommunication Union(ITU)<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The UN Global Pulse, within the UN Secretary-General\u2019s innovation team, will use artificial intelligence to analyze radio coverage for trends in misinformation such as rumors around vaccines, promotions of false cures, and discussions about financial hardships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will use this infodemic intelligence to support community level responses and do predictive analytics to fuel decision making across all pillars of the UN response,\u201d says Global Pulse\u2019s chief data scientist Miguel Luengo-Oroz.<\/p>\n

The ITU will engage with more than 200 mobile network operators to use short message service (SMS) and voice messages to provide healthcare advice.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe will also share good practices such as replacing default ringtones with special caller tunes containing voice messages about the virus,\u201d says ITU\u2019s Roman Chestnov.<\/p>\n

As part of the project, WHO will create an Infodemic Observatory with the Fondazione Bruno Kessler as well as a suite of scientific tools to manage the infodemic, including through \u201csocial listening\u201d and assessing people\u2019s vulnerability to misinformation.<\/p>\n

The UN\u2019s Health Organization will also initiate a pilot project with Ryerson University in Canada to create a \u201cGlobal Misinformation and Factchecking Centre\u201d \u00a0to serve as a comprehensive public repository of fact-checking organizations around the world\u00a0 and to identify and document best practices for tackling the COVID-19 infodemic crisis and help to inform future policy interventions.<\/p>\n

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