Battling the bunk: Strategies to mitigate health-related misinformation in diverse settings and populations

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Citizens are inundated with information and misinformation, alongside sophisticated efforts to intentionally mislead the public (disinformation). The stakes for misinformation (false information that is spread, regardless of intent to mislead) and disinformation (the intentional spreading of misinformation) are high. And the world’s endless state of ‘infodemic’ (or ‘mis-infodemic,’ the rapid spread of misinformation) is having serious consequences. This session will share the latest updates and insights from a CIHR-funded LES on health-related misinformation, a new LES underway about strategies to address misinformation related to political institutions, as well as insights from government decision-makers, citizens and researchers championing efforts to strengthen evidence-support systems and to address misinformation.