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==Public Service Announcement== In August 2022, Solve launching the first of its kind national TV and Radio Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign about Long Covid entitled [https://youtu.be/LttJPVUhph8?si=6YK_zFeV705w3jCN βHow Long?β]. The goal of the campaign was to broaden awareness of Long Covid, ME/CFS and other post-infection diseases, create empathy for those who suffer their devastating impact, and highlight the need for research to adequately help patients. The campaign featured :60, :30 and :15 TV and radio ads in English and in Spanish. Solve created the campaign in collaboration with the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a unique non-profit that leverages the powerful voice of the entertainment industry to develop and enhance programs on the local, national and global level that facilitate positive social change. The EIF has been instrumental in developing and promoting many important healthcare initiatives, such as Stand Up to Cancer. Through this partnership, the campaign was supported by nearly $60 million in donated airtime with an estimated audience of nearly 1 billion. In October 2022, the PSA was followed by a [https://solvecfs.org/solve-m-e-experts-join-national-media-tour-to-raise-awareness-of-long-covid-me-cfs-and-post-infection-diseases/ satellite media tour] to raise awareness about Long Covid, ME/CFS, and other post-infection diseases. ME/CFS and Long Covid medical expert and Solve Research Advisor Council member [[Dr. Peter Rowehttps://solvecfs.org/solve-honors-dr-peter-rowe/|Dr. Peter Rowe]] and Solve board member, health equity expert, and Long Covid Patient Cynthia Adinig conducted 27 media interviews with nationally affiliated TV and radio news programs in a single day, discussing the desperate need for treatments and cures. Their interviews received over 400 national airings, reaching an estimated audience of 7 million (TV, radio, online). In each interview, Dr. Rowe explained the complexities of diagnosing and treating Long Covid, emphasizing that itβs not a βnewβ problem, but just the latest in a long line of post-infection diseases, such as ME/CFS. Dr. Rowe told journalists that we must connect the dots and link Long Covid to other post-viral illnesses like ME/CFS in order to apply learnings from prior research. He emphasized the real need to include ME/CFS and other post-infection disease patients in all studies of Long Covid. *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed-NmzLcT7U Announcing The Solve Long Covid Initiative, January 2022] <embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="400" alignment="center" container="frame" description="The Solve Long Covid Initiative">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed-NmzLcT7U </embedvideo>
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