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Int J Environ Res Public Health · Dec 2017
Case ReportsHow Do the First Days Count? A Case Study of Qatar Experience in Emergency Risk Communication during the MERS-CoV Outbreak.
- Mohamed Nour, Mohd Alhajri, Elmoubasher A B A Farag, Hamad E Al-Romaihi, Mohamed Al-Thani, Salih Al-Marri, and Elena Savoia.
- Ministry of Public Health, Doha 11111, Qatar. mnour@moph.gov.qa.
- Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Dec 19; 14 (12).
AbstractThis case study is the first to be developed in the Middle East region to document what happened during the response to the 2013 MERS outbreak in Qatar. It provides a description of key epidemiologic events and news released from a prime daily newspaper and main Emergency Risk Communication (ERC) actions that were undertaken by public health authorities. Using the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) theoretical framework, the study analyzes how the performed ERC strategies during the first days of the outbreak might have contributed to the outbreak management.
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