CEA and Health

Before, during and after a health emergency, it is essential to provide people with trusted, clear and effective information. Engaging with communities can help to prevent fear, panic and rumours from undermining response efforts. Visit our COVID-19 page below or explore all CEA and health resources by using the search function.

Key resources

4 April 2022

IFRC Epidemic Control Toolkit

The Epidemic Control Toolkit provides guidance on evidence-based methods to prevent and control the spread of epidemics at…

2 April 2020

Working with communities: a toolbox

This toolbox is designed to provide quick and easy access for managers to a range of tools at…

13 May 2021

Updated Epidemic Control training package for volunteers

An updated Epidemic Control for Volunteers/RCCE training package for volunteers, setting up of the qualitative community feedback mechanism…

1 December 2022

Guyana COVID-19 Perception Study 2022

Type:

Report

Organization:

Guyana Red Cross, IFRC

This document contains an analysis of findings from six focus groups and an online perception survey, developed by the Guyana Red Cross Society with support from the IFRC CEA Americas…

  • COVID-19
  • Focus group discussion
  • CEA and Health
  • Indigenous populations

19 October 2022

Updated RCCE training package for C-19 Vaccination

Type:

Training Material

An updated RCCE training package for the COVID-19 vaccination, including PowerPoint slides, a facilitator guide and exercise handouts.

  • COVID-19
  • RCCE
  • Training

19 October 2022

Member states roadmaps for acceleration of C-19 vaccination

Type:

Roadmap

A collection of member states roadmaps for the acceleration of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Africa
  • COVID-19
  • French
  • SLL

19 October 2022

Updated perception survey question bank

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

A bank of updated COVID-19 perception survey questions.

  • Africa
  • COVID-19
  • Perception Survey
  • RCCE

19 October 2022

RCCE capacity building assessment for African National Societies

Type:

Dashboard

Organization:

IFRC

A dashboard capturing the RCCE capacity of National Societies in the Africa region.

  • Africa
  • COVID-19
  • French
  • RCCE

10 October 2022

CEA in Covid-19, highlights

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This document highlights just some of the activities and impacts achieved by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement supporting communities around the world during COVID-19.

  • Advocacy
  • COVID-19
  • Data analysis
  • Focus group discussion

31 August 2022

Preventing and reducing stigma and discrimination toward Mental Health: Vol.2 Suicide Prevention

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

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…

  • Depression
  • MHPSS
  • Psychosocial support
  • Spanish

22 August 2022

Covid-19 Toolkit

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

After two and a half years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it would seem that the emergency is over, however there is still much work to be done…

  • COVID-19
  • Social media
  • Spanish

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

7 July 2022

Community feedback report Asia Pacific region (feb-may 2022)

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC

A community feedback report documenting community questions on COVID-19 in Asia Pacific, including questions on vaccination centres for booster shots, blood donations related to COVID-19, and other rumours on vaccines…

  • Community feedback
  • COVID-19

27 June 2022

Summary of results and lessons: the 3FM pneumonia programme’s BCC process

Type:

Report

Organization:

Netherlands Red Cross

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),…

  • Assessments and surveys
  • Behaviour change
  • Localisation
  • Pneumonia

17 June 2022

Social science training package

Type:

Training Material

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE, IFRC

Developed jointly by IFRC and Collective Service (CS) this training package aims to aid the integration of social science in health emergency interventions and policymaking by providing a set of…

  • CEA and Health
  • Policy
  • Social science
  • Training