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31 August 2022

As part of the regional Suicide Prevention 2022 campaign, the Community Engagement (CEA) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams have joined forces to create a series of audiovisual resources with the aim of raising awareness of the public health issue of suicide among the general population.

• Depression
• MHPSS
• Psychosocial support

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27 June 2022

This short presentation outlines key results and a summary of lessons from a large pneumonia prevention and control programme in Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Sudan and Zambia (the 3FM programme), supported by Netherland's Red Cross. Information on the behaviour change communication (BCC) process is included, as well as communication methods and key ingredients for success.

• Behaviour change
• Localisation
• Pneumonia

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9 June 2022

This video takes you through the steps used as part of a large pneumonia prevention and control programme in Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Sudan and Zambia, to facilitate behaviour change. The centre of the approach was to motivate people to act by changing their behaviour, and building individual, family and community support systems around them. This method can be applied to other areas of work, not only health.

• Children
• Community-led solutions
• Localisation

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7 March 2022

A case study on IFRC’s Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (CP3) which applies a model of community engagement and participation, engaging both national and local leaders and influencers to drive locally-led change, strengthening their ability to prevent, detect and respond to disease threats before they become outbreaks.

• Epidemic control
• Health communications
• Mobile cinema

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12 January 2022

In this toolkit, you will find a series of audiovisual resources (videos, graphics, and stickers) that can be used to raise awareness around depression in different contexts or forums and especially, in view of the approach of January 13, World Depression Prevention Day. These materials were created by the Americas CEA team together with the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support team.

• Depression
• MHPSS
• Psychosocial support

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4 August 2021

A word-association card game designed to support volunteers in engaging with the communities. It can be used for various purposes and in different settings, such as at Humanitarian Service Points. The game was designed by Matteo Menapace and it was piloted in a reception centre run by the Italian RC in the North of Italy.

• Game
• Volunteers

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31 March 2021

Community murals could help CEA practitioners to promote coexistence in public spaces; involving communities, it can be a vehicle for social cohesion and inclusion. This guide presents the steps to follow to develop a community muralisation activity within a migration framework.

• Mural
• Public space
• Spanish

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2 April 2020

A series of myth busting graphics produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Novel Coronavirus. Graphics include myths surrounding the use of hand dryers, ultraviolet disinfection lamps, and more.

• Community feedback
• COVID-19
• Disease

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2 April 2020

A pocket guide produced by CDAC Network providing guidance on steps humanitarian responders can take to assess and determine how to enhance communication with and among communities at different stages of an emergency.

• Assessments
• Communication
• Media landscape

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30 March 2020

An SMS checklist to aid in the pre-planning of an SMS campaign. This document was produced for the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) and can be adapted for your own Community Engagement and Accountability activities.

• Communication
• Feedback
• Information as aid

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3 July 2019

An English-language comic book on ‘Protecting Communities: The Prevention of Mosquito-Borne Diseases’. It is a child-friendly tool which can be used to raise awareness and prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

• Disease
• Epidemics
• Film

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3 July 2019

An educational video which provides an overview of the IFRC’s zika Operation in the Americas. The IFRC has worked with 12 National Societies to control and prevent zika in the region, reaching 5 million people.

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