Pandemic fatigue is not only a mental health phenomenon, but also a public health issue. Ensuring mental health and psychosocial support is an essential part of the disease outbreak control.
Dr. Eliza Cheung, Technical Advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre.
In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, technical advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre Sarah Harrison interviews Dr. Eliza Cheung, also a technical advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre, who is based in Hong Kong. This interview explores the concept of pandemic fatigue. Eliza also presents the results of a recently conducted survey by the Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies across the Asia Pacific region.