Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV) - Deemed to be University, Ammapettai, Nellikuppam, Chengalpet District, Tamil Nadu - 603108.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Sep;20(3):1164-1165. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i3.18.
The objective of the article is to understand the need and importance of risk communication and community engagement in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, which has been designated as a public health emergency of international concern has created a sense of fear and apprehension among the community across the world.
Acknowledging all these alarming facts, we cannot deny that we have to intensify our efforts and all the national policy makers should recognize the infection as of utmost public health priority and be prepared to respond to the potential outbreak within their own boundaries.
Based on the earlier outbreaks of the infectious diseases in the current decades, risk communication and community engagement have been identified as one of the crucial and integral elements of a successful response to the public health emergencies.
In conclusion, risk communication and community engagement are an essential and challenging aspects of the containment of the COVID-19 outbreak and thus we have to try our best to establish a better system to ensure that risk communication is well in place and utilized effectively to engage the community.
本文旨在了解风险沟通和社区参与在控制 COVID-19 爆发中的必要性和重要性。
被定为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件的 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）爆发，在全世界的社区中引起了恐惧和不安。
鉴于所有这些令人震惊的事实，我们不能否认我们必须加紧努力，所有国家政策制定者都应认识到这种感染是最优先的公共卫生事项，并准备好在本国境内应对潜在的疫情爆发。
根据当前几十年发生的传染病早期疫情，风险沟通和社区参与已被确定为成功应对突发公共卫生事件的关键和整体要素之一。
总之，风险沟通和社区参与是控制 COVID-19 爆发的一个必不可少且具有挑战性的方面，因此，我们必须尽力建立一个更好的系统，以确保风险沟通到位并得到有效利用，使社区参与其中。
