The Peru approach against the COVID-19 infodemic: insights and strategies

Alvarez-Risco, Aldo; Curioso, Walter H.; Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime; Yáñez, Jaime A.; Del Aguila Arcentales, Shyla; Rosas del Portal, Mauricio; Sekar, M. Chandra; Arce Esquivel, Arturo A.; Villegas, León F.; Mejia, Christian R.; Valladares Garrido, Mario J.

dc.contributor.author	Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
dc.contributor.author	Mejia, Christian R.
dc.contributor.author	Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime
dc.contributor.author	Del Aguila Arcentales, Shyla
dc.contributor.author	Arce Esquivel, Arturo A.
dc.contributor.author	Valladares Garrido, Mario J.
dc.contributor.author	Rosas del Portal, Mauricio
dc.contributor.author	Villegas, León F.
dc.contributor.author	Curioso, Walter H.
dc.contributor.author	Sekar, M. Chandra
dc.contributor.author	Yáñez, Jaime A.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-14T00:00:54Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-14T00:00:54Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8221
dc.description.abstract	The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike other countries, Peru was relatively successful in controlling the infodemic possibly because of the implementation of prison sentences for persons who created and shared fake news. We believe that similar actions by other countries in collaboration with social media companies may offer a solution to the infodemic problem.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	COVID-19	en_US
dc.subject	Infodemic	en_US
dc.title	The Peru approach against the COVID-19 infodemic: insights and strategies	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645