Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JHCCP) developed toolkit that provides essential information and tools for responding to an outbreak using an SBCC approach. It presents a series of nine units, each accompanied by exercise worksheets to help link the SBCC theory to practice.
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This toolkit is a resource for organizations and individuals involved in recovery efforts following an infectious disease outbreak, such as the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa in 2014-2016. Its primary goal is to provide governments, donors, NGOs, and survivor groups with guidance and templates for responding to issues related to patient needs and health systems recovery after a major outbreak. Comprised of multiple resources, the toolkit includes best practices and lessons learned, tools and templates, and recovery-oriented research articles, as well as videos, technical briefs, and success stories presented as examples of the health systems recovery work conducted by the Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) programs in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2016-2018. These programs were funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Advancing Partners & Communities Project through JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
The toolkit can be found here.
Cette ressource est disponible en français.
Accepting and Supporting Ebola Survivors, Orphans And Families Of Ebola Patients In The Community
A Toolkit For Social Mobilizers And Communicators
A 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
Caring for Volunteers
Emergency Response Unit Flyers
Health and Security
Background Articles and Reports
This guide will be useful for designing more effective outbreak response measures. It can be scaled up or down, depending on the situation. It can be applied at sub-national and national levels and was designed for developmental communication and health promotion personnel working in multidisciplinary teams to investigate and respond to disease outbreaks.
