About
The Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All will confront the major health communication challenges of today’s highly charged political and digital environment. The Commission will identify and disseminate scientifically sound recommendations to increase equity in health information, promote health literacy, mitigate the impact of health mis- and disinformation, rebuild trust in science and public health authorities, and measurably increase access to high quality health information that individuals, families and communities need to live healthier and more productive lives in the post-pandemic world.
Our Work
Nature Medicine, part if the Nature Portfolio of journals, is supporting a Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All. The new Commission will bring together global experts on health communication to develop and advance an 18-24 month strategic research program that will lead to concrete recommendations for the development, dissemination, and protection of health information in diverse global contexts. Commission outputs will include a clear and actionable roadmap to improve health literacy, limit the impact of health mis- and dis-information, and facilitate equitable access to quality health information, including how it relates to AI, social media, and future technological innovations. The Commission’s recommendations will provide practical, robust policy guidance to help stakeholders, including industry leaders, governments and international agencies, identify effective, measurable ways to address the challenges of providing trustworthy health information nationally and globally in the current environment.
Commission Co-Chairs
Carolina Batista Head of Global Health Affairs at Baraka Impact Finance
Lawrence O. Gostin Founding O’Neill Chair in Global Health Law at Georgetown Law; Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute
Heidi J. Larson Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project
Scott C. Ratzan Distinguished Lecturer at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
Commission Co-Directors
Katie Gottschalk Executive Director of the O’Neill Institute
Paul E. Kalb Senior Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Ken Rabin Senior Scholar at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy