Strengthening risk communication to avert stigma and discrimination in the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

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S. Shrivastava, P. Shrivastava
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The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak continues to be a public health emergency of international concern owing to its rise in the caseload, case fatality rates and the emergence of the cases in different nations other than China. Amidst all the happenings and the global threat, it is a must to ensure that we strengthen our risk communication and community engagement activities to avert any kinds of social stigma and discrimination towards the affected individuals. The emergence of stigma will overcomplicate the already complex problem and significantly affect the efforts to prevent the ongoing transmission, contact tracing and successful containment of the infection. In order to avoid these impending consequences, the need of the hour is to formulate community-based guides, organize global campaigns, strengthen risk communication activities, and improve the trust of people on health systems and by showing empathy & compassion towards the affected individuals. In conclusion, the road to fight the COVID-19 infection is an uphill task and we cannot succeed in the same without the participation and solidarity from the community. Thus, it is of utmost important to strengthen our risk communication without giving any scope to the emergence of stigma and discrimination.
加强风险沟通,避免在2019年冠状病毒病大流行中出现污名化和歧视
2019冠状病毒病(新冠肺炎)疫情继续是国际关注的突发公共卫生事件,原因是病例数量、病死率上升,以及中国以外不同国家出现的病例。在所有这些事件和全球威胁中,必须确保我们加强风险沟通和社区参与活动,以避免对受影响个人的任何形式的社会污名和歧视。污名化的出现将使本已复杂的问题过于复杂,并严重影响防止持续传播、接触者追踪和成功遏制感染的努力。为了避免这些迫在眉睫的后果,现在需要制定基于社区的指南,组织全球运动,加强风险沟通活动,并通过对受影响的个人表现出同情和同情,提高人们对卫生系统的信任。总之,抗击新冠肺炎感染的道路是一项艰巨的任务,如果没有社区的参与和团结,我们就无法在这方面取得成功。因此,最重要的是要加强我们的风险沟通,不要让污名化和歧视的出现有任何余地。
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