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    WHO has set up an Advisory Group on Behavioral Science to help respond to the outbreak

    • Last Update: 2020-12-01
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    Who has set up an Advisory Group on Behavioral Insights and Health Science and Technology as a new initiative to help fight the new crown outbreak, WHO Director-General Tan Desser announced Wednesday.
    Tandese said at a regular press conference that the technical advisory group is composed of 22 external experts from 16 countries with expertise in psychology, anthropology, health promotion, neuroscience, behavioral economics, social marketing and other fields. The Advisory Group will make recommendations to WHO on how to strengthen and improve the application of behavioural and social sciences in the area of health, including the new crown outbreak.
    Tandese said countries were using a range of tools to influence people's behaviour in the face of the new crown outbreak, including information, laws and regulations, guidelines and even fines. Behavioral science is important because it helps us understand how people make decisions to help them make decisions that are best for their health, he said.
    addition, Tandese and a number of WHO experts have made recommendations for young people to prevent and control the outbreak. He said that while older people are at higher risk of developing serious illness as a result of the new crown, there are also risks for young people, and "one of the challenges we face is to convince young people that there is such a risk".
    WHO says there is evidence that part of the reason for the surge in cases in some countries is that young people have relaxed their vigilance against new crown outbreaks during the northern hemisphere summer. Tanderser stressed that young people are not "invincible" in the face of the new crown outbreak, they can also be infected, may die, and may spread the virus to others. He called on young people to take the same precautions to protect themselves and others.
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