WHO Outbreaks and Emergency Bulletin

WHO Outbreaks and Emergency Bulletin

WHO Outbreaks and Emergency BulletinThis Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 129 events in the region. Weekly articles cover a range of diseases and currently include, amongst others: COVID-19 across the WHO African region and Ebola virus disease in Guinea.
For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation is provided.

A table is provided at the end of the bulletin with information on all new and ongoing public health events currently being monitored in the region, as well as recent events that have been controlled and closed. A free subscription to the bulletin is available.

Source: WHO Outbreaks and Emergency Bulletin

The Language Factor

The Language Factor – Lessons from the DRC

The Language FactorThis resource provides lessons from previous Ebola outbreaks in the DRC on adapting to the language needs of communities and centers language as a key trust builder between communities and public health experts.

Source: The Language Factor – Lessons from the DRC

Is it COVID-19 or Ebola

Is it COVID-19 or Ebola?

Is it COVID-19 or EbolaThis fact sheet distinguishes between Covid-19 and Ebola in terms of cause, transmission, signs and symptoms and risk factors.

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Guide des Messages (CCSC) en matiere de prevention ed de prise en charge de la maladie a virus ebola en Côte d'Ivoire

Guide Des Messages (Ccsc): En Matiere De Prevention Et De Prise En Charge De La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoireDe La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoire

Guide Des Messages (Ccsc): En Matiere De Prevention Et De Prise En Charge De La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoireDe La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoireThis message guide was produced in June 2016 to strengthen the coordination of the various information and education interventions developed to raise awareness about the Ebola epidemic in Côte d’Ivoire.

Source: Guide Des Messages (Ccsc): En Matiere De Prevention Et De Prise En Charge De La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoireDe La Maladie A Virus Ebola En Cote D’ivoire

Manuel do Formateur Regional sur la Communication de Crise

Communiquer En Situation De Crise – Manuel Du Formateur- Regional

Facilitator guide for regional level training to reinforce, through a participatory approach based on practice, the capacities of journalists from the written press and community radio hosts for better coverage of health crisis situations such as that of Ebola (2017).

Source: Communiquer En Situation De Crise – Manuel Du Formateur- Regional

Communiquer en Situation de Crise Sanitaire

Communiquer En Situation De Crise – Manuel Du Formateur

Training Manual to reinforce, through a participatory approach based on practice, the capacities of journalists from the written press and community radio hosts for better coverage of health crisis situations such as that of Ebola. Developed with Support of HC3 Cote d’Ivoire (2017).

Source: Communiquer En Situation De Crise – Manuel Du Formateur

A healthcare worker administering the ebola vaccine

WHO Ebola Fact Sheet

This WHO Ebola fact sheet (2021) provides comprehensive facts on Ebola, covering transmission, symptoms, prevention and control, vaccine, care for those recovered from Ebola and WHO response.

Source: WHO Ebola Fact Sheet

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Ebola Vaccine FAQ’s (WHO)

 

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This fact sheet provides updated (2020) facts on Ebola Vaccines, addressing vaccine licensing, distribution, eligibility, adverse effects, ring vaccines and the role vaccines in outbreak control.

Source: Ebola FAQ’s (WHO)

 

Using Media and Communication to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Ebola

ebola-lessons-learned-1This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action learned in delivering and supporting health communication in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014–15, focusing specifically on their activities in Sierra Leone. The paper aims to contribute to a body of knowledge about how to best harness and deploy media and communication in public health emergencies. It also underscores the need for the global community to plan and invest in communication long before any crises take hold, to ensure that communication plays a central role in reducing the impact of future crisis events.

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Manuel du téléopérateur

Ebola-BenjiGuide des ressources pour les téléopérateurs pour le centre d’appel gratuit sur EBOLA en Côte d’Ivoire. (ligne verte). Ce guide peut être utilisé également par des agents communautaires, des hommes et femmes des médias etc.

Manuel du téléopérateur