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.

18 October 2021

Covid-19 dashboards

Type:

Dashboard

Organization:

RCCE Collective Service

A list of some data portals and dashboards on COVID-19.

  • Data analysis
  • Data collection
  • Dashboard

18 October 2021

CEA during the COVID-19 pandemic Bangladesh

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This 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…

  • Community-led solutions
  • COVID-19
  • Localisation
  • Vaccines

18 October 2021

CEA during the COVID-19 pandemic Indonesia

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

A 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…

  • CEA and Cash
  • Community-led solutions
  • COVID-19
  • Earthquakes

11 October 2021

COVID-19 rumour tracking report

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent

With 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,…

  • Community feedback
  • CEA and Migration
  • Misinformation
  • RCCE

7 October 2021

Impact study of COVID-19 on older people and caregivers in the South Caucasus

Type:

Report

Organization:

Armenian Red Cross Society, Austrian Red Cross, IFRC, Swiss Red Cross, UNFPA

This 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…

  • Community feedback
  • Elderly
  • Survey
  • Volunteers

29 September 2021

Social and behavioural insights: COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa

Type:

Tool

Organization:

WHO

Responding 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…

  • Behaviour change
  • Community feedback
  • Data analysis
  • Data collection

22 September 2021

Survey on the beliefs of the vulnerable population regarding the Covid-19 vaccine

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Hellenic Red Cross

This 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…

  • Community feedback
  • COVID-19
  • Greek
  • Migrants

22 September 2021

Risk communication and community engagement guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for marginalised populations

Type:

Guide

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE

This 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.

  • Migrants
  • Refugees
  • Vaccines
  • Vulnerable groups

8 September 2021

Covid-19 lessons learned workshop report

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent

This 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…

  • Best practice
  • Lessons learnt
  • CEA and Migration
  • RCCE

6 September 2021

Addressing COVID-19 misinformation: Lessons from the frontlines in 100 countries

Type:

Report

Organization:

Internews

A report demonstrating the urgent need to support groups at the local level if COVID-19 misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effectively.

  • Community feedback
  • Media
  • Misinformation
  • Social media

6 September 2021

Improving the response to Covid-19: Lessons from the humanitarian sector around communication, community engagement and participation

Type:

Report

Organization:

CDAC Network

This 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…

  • Accountability
  • Aid
  • Communication
  • Vulnerable groups

31 August 2021

Building trust and ensuring success through student engagement

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

WHO

This case study looks at how Leuven University created a student-run testing and contact tracing centre, listening and responding to community feedback.

  • Community feedback
  • Contact tracing
  • Engagement
  • Students