Haiyan prompts risk research
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Social media as a risk communication tool following Typhoon Haiyan.
PROBLEM In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Office in the Philippines had no social media presence to share timely, relevant public health information. CONTEXT Risk communication is essential to emergency management for public health message dissemination. As social media sites, such as Facebook, are popular in the Philippines, these were ado...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/503324a