That was fun! Having been in the thick of it producing communications materials on COVID-19 for WHO in 2020 and 2021, we wouldn't have had time to count up the big numbers that would result from this ranking!
Thanks for the different angle on this and the smile. I have always believed that a bit of levity can go a long way to de-escalate tension, although we still have a long way to go to deal with
disinformation/misinformation and now a new one for me -- malinformation!
Jamie
HIFA profile: Jamie Guth is a global public health specialist in communications, advocacy and research uptake, training researchers to write policy issues and briefs and plan for dissemination from the very beginning of research. She has conducted research in methods to communicate research evidence for policy-makers, showing how video interviews and scenes can be powerful dissemination tools and provide credibility and context. She provides services through Global Health Connections, working with numerous organizations and partners. She was formerly the Communications Manager at TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. Before coming to WHO, she produced a national public health television series in the United States, led a multimedia group and was Director of Public Affairs/Marketing at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She is a member of the HIFA working group on Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice.
http://www.hifa.org/support/members/jamie
http://www.hifa.org/projects/evidence-informed-policy-and-practice
guth.jamie AT gmail.com
