Rapid Grey Literature Evidence Review to Support the Guideline on Emergency Risk Communication

Overview

As part of its guideline review and development processes, in 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned a rapid review of recent grey literature evidence to underpin development of the Emergency Risk Communication Guideline. This was intended to provide additional knowledge about building national-level capacity to integrate effective risk communication practices and structures into healthcare and response for public health emergencies. The principles of systematic reviewing as described by Cochrane were adapted to undertake this rapid review: The term public health emergencies included infectious disease outbreaks, natural and human-made disasters and spanned all phases of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a public health crisis.