Risk Communication and Community Engagement Preparedness and Readiness Framework: Ebola Response in the DRC in North Kivu

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Preparedness and Readiness Framework: Ebola Response in the DRC in North Kivu

This resource (2018) provides a guide for RCCE work for the prevention and control of EVD outbreaks. The RCCE framework sets out overacting considerations regarding RCCE for preparedness and readiness to respond to outbreaks and links the RCCE response pillar to health technical areas.

Source: Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Preparedness and Readiness Framework: Ebola Response in the DRC in North Kivu

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Video: The Story of Ebola

This animation—produced in collaboration with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UNICEF, and Yoni Goodman—brings to life key messages that help people see and understand how Ebola spreads and how to protect themselves and their communities.

IFRC – Psychosocial Support and Ebola – a Briefing Package

Eb2A briefing package about providing psychosocial support to people, developed by the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support. The package contains a briefing note for staff and volunteers providing psychosocial support to people affected by the Ebola outbreak. It includes information about “Specific sources of stress related to Ebola,” “Preparing to go on mission,” “Working with the affected population,” “Psychosocial support activities related to Ebola,” “Communicating with beneficiaries,” and “Talking about fear, stigma and hope.”

It also contains the toolkit “Caring for Volunteers,” background documents about Ebola and psychosocial support and psycho-education handouts adapted for Ebola on “Stress and Coping,” “Working in stressful situations,” “Psychological first aid,” and an “Information sheet on common reactions.” The briefing package is also available in French

Psychosocial Support During an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease 

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Background Articles and Reports

 

 

Emergency Plan of Action: Mali

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