Mpox Outbreak

Trusted, clear, and effective communication and engagement approaches are essential to prevent fear, panic, and rumours from undermining Mpox responses. The tools and resources provided in this section will help you integrate Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) into your Mpox responses.

Key Mpox Outbreak Resources:

To help you to successfully implement core Risk Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability into your Mpox responses, we have created a list of the key thematic guides, tools, and resources on Mpox. This list does not fully exhaust all Mpox materials but intends to compile some of the most important ones to support different countries at field level. View the list as a document here.

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8 April 2025

Psychological and Behavioural impact of Mpox Outbreaks on Red Cross Staff and Volunteers in Gabon

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Gabonese Red Cross Society

This report captures data on the psychological impact of the Mpox outbreak on Red Cross staff and volunteers in Gabon. It highlights increased stress and anxiety due to misinformation, stigma,…

  • CEA and Health
  • French
  • MHPSS
  • Mpox
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8 April 2025

Strengthening the Community Response to Mpox: Lessons Learned from Feedback in Cameroon

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cameroon Red Cross, IFRC

This report captures data from community feedback collected by the Cameroon Red Cross in October 2024, in response to the Mpox outbreak. The feedback helped adapt interventions to local needs…

  • CEA and Health
  • Community feedback
  • French
  • Mpox

25 March 2025

Mpox Question Bank

Type:

Tool

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE, SSHAP

A zip folder containing qualitative and quantitative questions for community-level mpox data collection. This question bank can be used by field teams and/ or local research teams working in communities…

  • Assessments and surveys
  • CEA and Health
  • Epidemics
  • French

18 May 2023

DREF Cholera-Monkeypox: Community Feedback Report

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cameroon Red Cross

A community feedback report analysing data collected by Cameroon Red Cross volunteers during the DREF Cholera and Monkeypox Risk Communication and Community Engagement activities.

  • CEA and Health
  • Cholera
  • Community feedback
  • DREF

9 August 2022

Monkeypox RCCE messages (Americas)

Type:

Guidance note

Organization:

IFRC

A guidance note on how to communicate the risks, symptoms, treatment and prevention of Monkeypox to communities.

  • Epidemics
  • Health communications
  • Monkeypox
  • Spanish