Public health practitioners recount their experience of the COVID-19 infodemic: third edition
26 January 2023 at 18:00 CET-Geneva | 17:00 UTC | 12:00 EDT-Washington, DC
The infodemic has affected health professionals personally and professionally and changed the way health systems have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 26 January 2023, we will showcase 3 Spanish speaking Infodemic Managers to tell their own personal experiences about managing the Infodemic during the time of COVID-19.
The event will be in Spanish, is free and will be brought to you in partnership with The Story Collider to promote science and health through more effective storytelling.
Background
This live show is part of several online events and activities that the WHO has convened to collect and analyze stories of the impact of the COVID-19 infodemic. The project launched in July 2022, with a discussion of why storytelling is not just a tool for promoting conversations about science, but it is also a skill that every infodemic manager should have. Watch the video recording of the opening webinar about this project:
Following our webinar, WHO launched an online infodemic management workshop to collect stories from emergency responders and health professionals who experienced and managed the COVID19 infodemic. They have gone through workshops where they sharpened their storytelling skills to communicate about infodemics, their impact and how to contribute to infodemic management practice.
The workshops received over 500 registrations from 110 countries for 80 places in four storytelling skills workshops in English, French, and Spanish. Selected participants received 6 hours of workshop training with further one-on-one coaching to develop their experiences into stories. After the month-long workshop, the participants were invited to record and submit their stories to a research project on the impacts of the COVID-19 infodemic on responders.
The stories submitted were so engaging that WHO decided to invite some of the participants to share them with a wider audience. Three live storytelling shows with three stories each are planned between November and February 2023. This will be the third storytelling show in Spanish, following the first one in English in November 2022 and the second show in French in December 2022.
BIOGRAPHIES
Diana Rubi 
has made global contributions to education and science throughout her career. She acts as a neuroscience researcher and STEM educator who promotes accessibility to education through her work in youth development research. She is the recipient of international education awards and continues to expand her outreach to the teaching and student community in Mexico.
Julián Sánchez Viamont 
is Argentinian and lives in the city of La Plata (Buenos Aires). He studied medicine and initially specialised in infectious diseases, later focusing on information systems and decision-making, with a master's degree in health sciences informatics. In parallel he developed a career as a university lecturer and independent researcher (UNLP, UNMdP).
Jessica Mariana Lorenzo Coronad 
is a specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health with training in public health, health management, quality and patient safety; in addition to participating in research projects, teaching and publications at national and international conferences. She is a member of different scientific societies in which she participates in different work networks: Spanish Society of Healthcare Quality (SECA), Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE), Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Health Management (SEMPSPGS) and Member of the Excellence in Management Club (EFQM Model). She currently works as territorial coordinator for the Quality and Patient Safety Unit at the Territorial Management of the Catalan Institute of Health in Terres de l'Ebre, Tarragona, Spain.
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