Friday, July 22, 2022

Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA)

The Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) is "Africa’s network to share safe, proven facts on health and to counter dangerous health misinformation". Alliance members are World Health Organization AFRO; UNICEF; Africa CDC; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); UNESCO; Verified; and UN Global Pulse. They issue an Infodemic Trends Report (the links to download the most recent ones didn't work when I looked - there is definitely a link for the June 6th one). The newsletters counter misinformation and identify campaigns against misinformation (e.g. this) There are also other news and resources 

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