Cholera
Since 2021, there has been an increase in cholera cases and their geographical distribution globally. This is due to climate change, conflict, population displacement and poverty, which are limiting people’s access to safe water and sanitation. Trusted, clear and effective communication and engagement approaches are critical to ensure that fear, panic and rumours do not undermine cholera responses. You can use the tools and resources in this section to incorporate CEA into your cholera operations.
Key Resources:
The below tools can be used to incorporate the CEA into the different stages of your cholera response. An explanation of where each CEA minimum action sits in the below programme cycle can be found here. For more information visit the CEA Guide.
1) Needs assessment and context analysis:
2) Planning and design:
3) Implementation and monitoring:
4) Evaluation and learning:
6 May 2025
Guidance For Integrating Community Engagement Into National Cholera Plans
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Global Task Force on Cholera ControlThis guidance document is for those involved in designing, developing, and implementing National Cholera Plan for Control or Elimination (NCPs). Its focus is on integrating community engagement across all pillars…
25 March 2025
Cholera Question Bank
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Collective Service RCCEA zip folder containing qualitative and quantitative questions for community-level cholera data collection. This question bank can be used by field teams and/ or local research teams working in communities…
24 March 2025
Engaged, Informed and Empowered: The Impact of Community Engagement on Public Health Outcomes
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IFRC, Plan EvalThis report presents findings from research on how community engagement and accountability (CEA) strategies enhance health and humanitarian programmes. Conducted by Plan Eval and commissioned by IFRC, the study took…
19 June 2024
Community Engagement and Accountability in Humanitarian Diplomacy: The Success of the Comorian Red Crescent in Cholera Response in Anjouan
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Comoros Red Crescent, IFRCIn February 2024, a cholera epidemic struck the Comoros, prompting the Comorian Red Crescent (CRCO) to deploy emergency health, WASH, protection, gender, inclusion, and community engagement programs. Despite initial challenges…
22 August 2023
Community Engagement and Accountability Impact Research: Malawi Case Study
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Case StudyOrganization:
IFRCThis case study was conducted as part of research commissioned by the IFRC on the impact of community engagement and accountability (CEA) on public health emergencies. The overall objective of…
5 July 2023
Cholera Perception Survey, Nippes department – Haiti: June 2023
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Haitian Red Cross Society, IFRCDuring February 2023, 130 Cholera Perception Surveys were collected in Nippes department by Haitian Red Cross volunteers and staff. This report provides inputs for guiding strategies aimed at building trust…
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