health misinformation
The campaign comes as Southeast Asia's most populous state battles ongoing health-related hoaxes, disinformation.
The move follows recent White House criticism of social media sites for spreading public health misinformation.
WHO infographics and other resources will now be available on Wikimedia outlets.
COVID-19 has placed a new focus on how YouTube, Twitter and others are identifying and promoting valid sources of health information, writes VuMedi CEO Roman Giverts.
The scale of healthcare misinformation is a source of frustration - Healthinote seeks to counter the threat with a verified and up-to-date information resource.
Also: Mercom's Q1 2020 digital health funding report; Fitbit, Scripps, Stanford collaborate on COVID-19 detection research.
The social media giant is also planning on giving researchers aggregated and anonymized mobility data.