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We do or fail to do create a legacy but much more because when all is said and done, *principles matter.Dubawa, Others Partner With WHO To Tackle COVID-, Other Health MisinformationDecember , Lois Ugbede Media Release The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) initiative on Thursday, December , The launch was held on zoom owing to COVID- restrictions.

This is coming amid the growing spread of COVID- in the African continent with over million confirmed cases, more than million recoveries & , deaths  Buy Bulk SMS Service cumulatively.With the spread of disease came the spread of COVID- related misinformation on social media, blogs, online news site and even traditional media. Hence, the need for this initiative to tackle such misinformation.According to the United Nations (UN) Pulse (a Secretary-General’s initiative on big data and artificial intelligence), COVID Information has been viewed over billion times online and mentioned almost million times on Twitter and web-based news sites in the countries of the WHO African Region between February and November The AIRA initiative.

The first of its kind, brings together inter-governmental, governmental and non-state organisations across the African continent. The alliance consists of members and participating and supporting entities.These member organisations are the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Verified initiative, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Global Pulse and the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.