Netha Hussain
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- Physician
- researcher
- Wikipedian
- Women in Open Source Award (2020)
- Wikimedian of the Year – Honourable Mention (2021)
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.jpg) Hussain during Wikimania 2023 | |
| Born | 11 June 1990 Kunnamangalam, Kerala, India |
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| Website | nethahussain |
Netha Hussain (Malayalam pronunciation: [nɐdɐ husɐin]; born 11 June 1990) is an Indian physician and Wikipedian[1] known for her efforts to tackle the spread of misinformation in Wikipedia about the origin of the coronavirus.[2]
Hussain was born on 11 June 1990 in Kunnamangalam in the state of Kerala.[3]
Hussain embarked in her Wikipedia career in 2010 when she was still at first-year medical student at the Calicut Medical College in Kozhikode, India.[3] She pursued her higher studies in 2016 by joining the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. She also worked as a blogger at Huffington Post until 2018.[4] In 2020, she obtained her PhD in Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Gothenburg.[5]
In mid-2020, she began focusing on creating and curating Wikipedia articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic in English, Malayalam and Swedish language editions.[6] She has written nearly 30 articles on Wikipedia relating to COVID-19 including List of unproven methods against COVID-19 with the purpose of preventing the spread of misinformation about the pandemic in internet and social media platforms.[7]
Awards
In 2020, Hussain received the Women in Open Source Academic Award, recognising her contributions regarding disseminating and sharing medical knowledge and information in Wikipedia.[8][9] She also received an honourable special mention from the United Nations through its official Twitter handle in 2020.[3] In 2021, she received a Wikimedian of the Year Honourable Mention by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales during the virtual Wikimania conference.[10][11]
Publications
- "Guaranteeing the safety of vaccine information". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
- Hussain, Netha (28 July 2020). "Strengthening vaccine safety information on Wikipedia". Medium. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022.
