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Climate Information Services Toolkit
Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing (2020), 43 pp.
"In order for climate information services to be effective in building resilience and supporting food and income security, they need to be designed and implemented in a way that is inclusive and accessible, reaching the last mile; relevant; actionable; holistic; accountable; part of a cohesive syste
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COVID-19: Orientaciones para comunicar sobre la enfermedad por el Coronavirus 2019. Guía para líderes
Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2020), 10 pp.
"En un escenario ideal, se contaría con tiempo para hacer planes, establecer una estrategia de comunicación y una guía de acción. Pero situaciones como estas, requieren aptitudes inmediatas para comunicarse con el público. La comunicación de riesgos es un componente integral de la gestión de
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Journalism, Press Freedom and COVID-19. Issue Brief in the UNESCO Series: World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 17 pp.
"Key trends: Fueling the pandemic, a dangerous “disinfodemic” has arisen; Against soaring demand for verified information, independent media have risen to the challenge; Technology companies are taking action, but more transparency is needed; Some regulatory measures have led to new restrictions
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Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guides
London: GSMA (2020), 40 pp.
"To ensure that mobile solutions are designed inclusively in humanitarian contexts, it is important that target users are involved as co-creators of the future they want. A human-centred design approach is one way to ensure that users’ perspectives are fully integrated into programme design. This
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Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away
Deep Insights
New York: Oxford University Press (2020), xli, 157 pp.
"A clear-eyed, expert examination of the state of vaccine confidence globally -- and what it means for the future of life on earth. Considers the widening gulf between messages of medical authority and those on everyman platforms of our digital world, especially as it influences individual choice. C
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Ensuring Effective Distance Learning During COVID-19 Disruption: Guidance for Teachers
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 76 pp.
"This Guidance aims to help teachers understand key issues related to home-based distance learning during COVID-19 school closures and design and facilitate effective learning activities. While we fully recognize the complementary relationship between formal and non-formal education, and continuity
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"Generally, the relevant authorities in Nigeria have, to a large extent, been proactive with press briefings and national addresses since the outbreak of the pandemic. However, reporters have realised that they are often unable to access information beyond what is said in the briefings. Officials so
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Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 16 pp.
"COVID-19 disinformation creates confusion about medical science with immediate impact on every person on the planet, and upon whole societies. It is more toxic and more deadly than disinformation about other subjects. That is why this policy brief coins the term disinfodemic. Using this frame, the
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External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-Based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Mobile Phones, Nutrition, and Health in Tanzania. Business Modelling Endline Report
E-pact Consortium; Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2020), 118 pp.
"mNutrition is a global initiative supported by FCDO, managed by GSMA, and implemented by in-country MNOs and third party providers to use mobile technology, that sought to improve the health and nutritional status of children and adults in the developing world. The potential to utilise mobile techn
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Communication for Development (C4D): Advancing Positive Social and Behaviour Change. Supplement to the Global Annual Results Reports 2019
New York: UNICEF (2020), 50 pp.
"This supplement to the 2019 Global Annual Results Reports highlights achievements over the past year which illustrate concrete ways in which C4D approaches strengthen UNICEF programming. The report also highlights challenges identified and immediate priorities to address them. C4D contributes to ad
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Using Misinformation as a Political Weapon: COVID-19 and Bolsonaro in Brazil
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 1, issue 2 (2020), 8 pp.
"With over 30,000 confirmed cases, Brazil is currently the country most affected by COVID-19 in Latin America, and ranked 12th worldwide. Despite all evidence, a strong rhetoric undermining risks associated to COVID-19 has been endorsed at the highest levels of the Brazilian government, making Presi
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Media and COVID-19 in West Africa: Sierra Leone
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 8 pp.
"Sierra Leone continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through the dissemination of information across various platforms. The media have generally been supportive in providing the public with information and education about COVID-19. However, media owners and managers continue to raise concerns
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A Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework for Humanitarian Innovation Programmes
London: GSMA (2020), 18 pp.
Practical Experiences Building: A Government-Led CCE Platform in Vanuatu
CDAC Network; Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 8 pp.
"Building effective CCE capabilities is particularly important in Vanuatu, a Pacific nation spanning 83 islands, which is vulnerable to natural disasters ranging from tropical cyclones and volcanic eruptions, to disease and agricultural threats. 2020 has been a particularly challenging year for its
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Creating Change Through Digital Communities: How RNW Media's Digital Platforms Impact Young People's Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour
Hilversum: RNW Media (2020), 34 pp.
"The Theories of Change for both Citizens’ Voice [a programme focusing on social cohesion and inclusive governance] and the SRHR programme (which includes Love Matters [delivering information and media on love, sex and relationships to 18-30-year-olds]) contain a key assumption that through provid
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Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the Fight Against COVID-19
Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020), 6 pp.
"Misinformation is false or inaccurate information deliberately intended to deceive. In the context of the current pandemic, it can greatly affect all aspects of life, especifically people’s mental health, since searching for COVID-19 updates on the Internet has jumped 50% –70% across all genera
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Se hace camino al andar: La historia radial de Fe y Alegría en Venezuela. Hablemos con Gerardo Lombardi
Comunicación (Centro Gumilla, Caracas), issue 192 (2020), pp. 217-222
"Fue una larga conversación con Gerardo Lombardi, comunicador por vocación y por formación, sobre la historia radiofónica de 'Fe y Alegría'. Lombardi nos habla de los orígenes, del presente y del futuro. Al respecto dice que 'Fe y Alegría' está llamada a hacer puentes. Puentes para unos ente
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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Why Risk Communication is the Critical Component in Disaster Risk Reduction
Progress in Disaster Science, volume 8 (2020), 4 pp.
"Even the most sophisticated forecasting models and advanced early warning systems can be rendered ineffective if the information is not communicated clearly, on time, and in a way that allows the end-user to consider options and act appropriately. These challenges not only apply to fast onset hazar
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ICT for Disaster Risk Management
Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP), 3rd ed. (2020), 137 pp.
"This module introduces disaster risk management (DRM) and provides an overview of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be used for DRM. A large number of examples and case studies on the applications of ICTs in DRM have been included in the module. The main objective of the mod
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