HIMSS21Europe: Vaccine hesitancy Is Associated With A Lack of Trust In Governments

The #HIMSS21Europe virtual event gathered experts today to discuss how societies and healthcare professionals can proactively counteract the growing era of misinformation.

Leading global health experts examined evidence-based approaches to infodemic management and the importance of citizens having access to the right information, during the 'From Pandemic to Infodemic, the Role of Effective Digital Public Health' session, which was held at the HIMSS21 European Health Conference today (8 June).

The speakers were: Carlos Mateos, director at the COM Salud/Instituto #SaludsinBulos, Spain; Prof Heidi Larson, professor of anthropology, risk and decision science, dept. infectious disease epidemiology London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Tim Nguyen, head of unit high impact events preparedness at the WHO, Health Emergencies Programme, Switzerland; and Prof Jeffrey V Lazarus, associate research professor, head of the health systems research group at the Barcelona Institute of