Informing children citizens efficiently to better engage them in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic
AUTHOR(S)
Jean-Eric Ghia; Sophie Gaulin; Laure Ghia (et al.)
Published: November 2020
Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Since the beginning of the year, the world’s attention has rightly been focused on the spread
of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the implementation of drastic
mitigation strategies to limit disease transmission. However, public health information campaigns tailored to children are very rare. Now more than ever, at a time when some governments are taking populations out of lockdown and youth are returning to schools, children
around the world need to fully grasp the modes of transmission of the disease, the health
risks, the scientific notions of the immune system, the value of barrier measures, and the
progress of scientific research. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, comics can be
very useful for communicating quickly and effectively abstract and important information to
children who might be under the influence of a large amount of sometimes contradictory
information. Conveying precise, reliable, and accessible information to children is key in a
world overwhelmingly impacted by the outbreak.
Jean-Eric Ghia; Sophie Gaulin; Laure Ghia (et al.) November 2020 Informing children citizens efficiently to better engage them in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, pp. 4.