Promoting Health Sustainability and Equality Globally During Pandemics with Strategic Health Communication

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the importance of public health communication around the globe. The pandemic has not only been a major health challenge but has also been a challenge to communicating relevant health information and support for guiding effective responses to the rapidly spreading and adapting virus. The pandemic has been complicated by problems with disseminating relevant information, helping people recognize key risks and response guidelines, along with difficult misinformation issues. This review article examines what we have learned from the pandemic about effective communication strategies to promote health sustainability and equality within countries and across nations.