Zika reveals India’s risk communication challenges and needs

• Main Authors: Vijaykumar, Santosh, Sesagiri Raamkumar, Aravind
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Risk Communication; Zika
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88616; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44692
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

India’s approach to disseminating information about the first three cases of the Zika virus was criticised nationally and internationally after the issue came to light in May 2017 through a World Health Organization news release. We analyse the incident from a risk communication perspective. This co...