COVID-19 Resources
Trusted, clear and effective communication and engagement approaches are critical to ensure that fear, panic and rumours do not undermine COVID-19 responses. You can use the tools and resources in this section to incorporate CEA into your COVID-19 operations. All resources can be found in list format here.
21 October 2021
Community feedback webinar series | Vaccine safety
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IFRCA webinar series on community feedback from the Africa Region discussing the trend on COVID-19 vaccine safety. In this edition, the National Societies of Cameroon and Côte d´Ivoire share their latest experiences in responding to key concerns and questions in their respective local contexts. Here you can find the PowerPoint presentation and the specific brief and key recommendations on how to address vaccine safety (both in EN & FR).
18 October 2021
Covid-19 dashboards
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RCCE Collective ServiceA list of some data portals and dashboards on COVID-19.
18 October 2021
CEA during the COVID-19 pandemic Bangladesh
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IFRCThis case study uses the Population Movement Operation (PMO)1 in Cox’s Bazar as an example to understand how an already complex humanitarian crisis was further complicated by the pandemic and what measures were taken to mitigate these. It also looks at Bangladesh’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign to highlight how National Societies can support and add value to the national Government’s vaccination roll outs.
18 October 2021
CEA during the COVID-19 pandemic Indonesia
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IFRCA case study on the COVID-19 Community Cash Grant operation in Indonesia, as well as the earthquake relief operation in West Sulawesi. This study presents an interesting example to understand how a community-centered programme adapted to the needs of the pandemic and provides an opportunity to understand the key strategies of how disaster response mechanisms were complicated by the pandemic.
11 October 2021
COVID-19 rumour tracking report
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IFRC, Turkish Red CrescentWith the support of IFRC, TRCS have been collecting rumours on COVID-19 related issues from the community through KAP assessment and feedback mechanisms to monitor, address and cover information gaps, beliefs and misconceptions. The collected rumours are verified, responded and addressed to prevent any harmful practices or stigmatization.
7 October 2021
Impact study of COVID-19 on older people and caregivers in the South Caucasus
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Armenian Red Cross Society, Austrian Red Cross, IFRC, Swiss Red Cross, UNFPAThis study looks at the impacts of COVID-19 on older people, professional health and social caregivers and trained RCRC volunteers in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and provides recommendations for improving the response to COVID-19 and the care provision for older people, as well as better meeting the needs of caregivers and RCRC volunteers. Individual country reports can be found under the ‘related resources’ section of this page.
29 September 2021
Social and behavioural insights: COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa
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WHOResponding to the need to use social and behavioural data alongside biomedical data to mount an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has developed the “Social and Behavioural Insights COVID-19 Data Collection Tool for Africa”. This document provides detailed guidance for implementers and practical lessons learnt from using the tool in Nigeria and Zambia in 2021.
22 September 2021
Survey on the beliefs of the vulnerable population regarding the Covid-19 vaccine
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Hellenic Red CrossThis report details a survey carried out by the Hellenic Red Cross to measure the beliefs of a vulnerable population regarding COVID-19 vaccination and explore any potential areas for improvement in information provision to the target groups.
22 September 2021
Risk communication and community engagement guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for marginalised populations
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Collective Service RCCEThis inter-agency guidance document aims to supplement the COVAX demand creation package for COVID-19 vaccines with key considerations for humanitarian contexts and marginalized populations with specific access and communication needs.
8 September 2021
Covid-19 lessons learned workshop report
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IFRC, Turkish Red CrescentThis report presents the main findings of the lessons learned workshop that was held by TRCS and IFRC Turkey Delegation to discuss the challenges and best practices from TRCS’ COVID-19 operation to support refugee and host community members with risk communication and community engagement, health and Psychosocial Support (PSS), and livelihoods in Turkey.
6 September 2021
Addressing COVID-19 misinformation: Lessons from the frontlines in 100 countries
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InternewsA report demonstrating the urgent need to support groups at the local level if COVID-19 misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effectively.
6 September 2021
Improving the response to Covid-19: Lessons from the humanitarian sector around communication, community engagement and participation
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CDAC NetworkThis paper distils the learning gained in the humanitarian aid sector which may help to mitigate or even go some way towards solving some of the challenges in working with communities in the COVID-19 response.
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