This WHO guide for emergency risk communication (ERC) policy and practice provides overarching, evidence-based guidance on how risk communication should be practiced in an emergency. The recommendations also guide countries on building capacity for communicating risk during health emergencies.
Source: Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies (WHO)
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
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)
A website from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services with information on the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
CDC Infographic with facts about Ebola transmission in Spanish.
The Ebola Communication Network was originally developed by the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-12-00058) and expanded under Breakthrough ACTION (Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-17-00017) both under the leadership of Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. This website is now maintained by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and its contents are the sole responsibility of CCP. The contents of this website do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or Johns Hopkins University.