• Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava and Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava.
• 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 1; 20 (3): 1164-1165.

ObjectivesThe objective of the article is to understand the need and importance of risk communication and community engagement in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.IntroductionThe 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.MethodsAcknowledging 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.ResultsBased 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.ConclusionIn 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.© 2020 Shrivastava SRBL et al.

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