World Health Organization (WHO) published this video item, entitled “Case Study 2: Building trust with transparency” – below is their description.
Students in Leuven, Belgium make up half the city’s 100,000 population, with the majority living in close quarters which hampered their ability to exercise recommended COVID-19 social distancing protocols. This case study explore how the University created a student lead testing and tracing centre which leveraged the WHO’s key principles for community engagement to build trust and improve the uptake of contact tracing and testing protocols.
World Health Organization (WHO) YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest.
It covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of 376 per square kilometre (970/sq mi). The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
Legally, Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds. It is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region in the north, Wallonia in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region.
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