Usage of social and behavioral change communication approaches for
effective risk communication to prevent and manage COVID-19 in Nepal
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has appeared as the biggest
challenge of present time as our health systems are struggling to
contain the spread of the virus. As COVID-19 developed rapidly into a
pandemic, people need to acquire and apply health information, and adapt
into their behavior right away. However, there exists a global epidemic
of misinformation alongside this pandemic. People at risk need to be
able to take informed decisions on mitigating the effects of the disease
outbreak and practice protective and preventive actions. This affirms
the urgency and importance of forming a dedicated risk communication
team in the country to design and deliver risk communication packages
with the SBCC approach addressing the need of subpopulations dwelling at
all levels.