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{{Short description|Indian-Swedish medical doctor, clinical neuroscientist, blogger, Wikipedian}}

{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Doctorate|Dr.]]
| name = Netha Hussain
| image = File:Netha Hussain-925.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kunnamangalam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian-Swedish
| alma_mater = [[University of Gothenburg]]<br>[[Calicut Medical College]]
| occupation = medical doctor, researcher, Wikipedian and scientist
| spouse =
| awards = Women in Open Source Award (2020)
| website = {{url|https://nethahussain.com/author/nethahussain/}}
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'''Netha Hussain''' is a Indian-Swedish medical doctor, clinical neuroscientist, blogger, [[Wikipedia community|Wikipedian]], researcher and medical analyst.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Netha Hussain Biography|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Netha-Hussain|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> She also goes by the username [[User:Netha Hussain|Netha Hussain]] in Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-11|title=Dr. Netha Hussain|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/story/dr-netha-hussain/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Wikimedia Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> She was well known for her efforts to tackle the [[Wikipedia coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic|spread of misinformation in Wikipedia]] about the origin of the [[coronavirus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wikimedia|date=2020-04-13|title=Meet some of the women sharing reliable COVID-19 information with the world on Wikipedia|url=https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/women-reliable-covid19-information-wikipedia-f1f9255c3672|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Netha was born in [[Kozhikode]], [[Kunnamangalam]] in the state of [[Kerala]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=UN recognises Malayali researcher's fight against COVID-19 misinformation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2020/jul/09/un-recognises-malayali-researchers-fight-against-covid-19-misinformation-2167587.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> She moved to [[Sweden]] and currently lives in [[Stockholm]].

== Career ==
Netha Hussain embarked her [[Wikipedia]] career in 2010 when she was still at first-year medical student at the [[Calicut Medical College]] in Kozhikode.<ref name=":1" /> She has also organised Wikipedia outreach for women and [[LGBTQ]] community in India. She pursued her higher studies in 2016 by joining the [[University of Gothenburg]]. She also worked as a blogger at ''[[Huffington Post]]'' until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Netha Hussain {{!}} HuffPost|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/netha-hussain|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, she obtained her PhD in [[clinical neuroscience]] from the University of Gothenburg.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hussain|first=Netha|last2=Hansson|first2=Per-Olof|last3=Persson|first3=Carina U.|date=2021-06-29|title=Prediction of fear of falling at 6 months after stroke based on 279 individuals from the Fall Study of Gothenburg|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92546-9.epdf?sharing_token=QYGD28-jkyrwvjokEku2itRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N_B1Q8pSwn8wngtUlCc8ofrmq4-5ywzoGExHR13c03-CwBJG-lhXNs_dupob6HVh4v6ZOPiOc-je01SEYgn5lu8IhvIScqumZgQF8CDgKh2CqVXBoDa0l3zPGRilWthMY=|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=11|issue=1|doi=10.1038/s41598-021-92546-9|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}</ref> She has been in involved with medical research based on clinical neuroscience using the virtual reality technology at the [[Sahlgrenska University Hospital]]. She is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of the University of Gothenburg.<ref name=":0" />

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. She has written nearly 30 articles in Wikipedia relating to [[COVID-19]] including [[List of unproven methods against COVID-19]] with the purpose of preventing the spread of [[COVID-19 misinformation|misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic]] in [[internet]] and social media platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jackson|title=Wikipedia is at war over the coronavirus lab leak theory|url=https://www.cnet.com/features/wikipedia-is-at-war-over-the-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref>

She also launched WikiProject in order to improve and expand the information regarding the topics about the efficacy of the [[COVID-19 vaccines]] and about the COVID-19 vaccine safety in Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Post|first=The Jakarta|title=Guaranteeing the safety of vaccine information|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2021/04/12/guaranteeing-the-safety-of-vaccine-information-.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Jakarta Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Netha|date=2020-07-28|title=Strengthening vaccine safety information on Wikipedia|url=https://misinfocon.com/strengthening-vaccine-safety-information-on-wikipedia-a259c43a397a|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref>

She received the prestigious [[Diversity in open-source software|2020 Women in Open Source Academic Award]] recognising her contributions regarding disseminating and sharing medical knowledge and information in Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Netha Hussain wins the 2020 Women in Open Source Award|url=https://akademiliv.se/en/2020/05/65856/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=akademiliv.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Women in Open Source Award|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.redhat.com|language=en}}</ref> She also received honorable special mention from the [[United Nations]] through its official [[Twitter]] handle in 2020.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
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