This briefing pack serves this purpose by sharing RCCE/humanitarian coordination experience from country level, feedback from global consultations and addressing frequently asked questions. In parallel, the RCCE Core Group has been working to revise the RCCE Collective Service Strategy. Where possib...le, we have tried to integrate feedback from relevant stakeholders into this document.
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                                                                Effective risk communication requires the alignment of complex factors including trust between the communicator and the audience(s), audience involvement, and emotional responses to risk. Risk communication is especially challenging now as new media changes the landscape for both 
communicators and... their audiences. Viewed as a discussion of the most important findings for risk communicators and managers, this report delves into research-driven recommendations for effective risk communication practices. 
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                                                                This Communications Toolkit is intended to provide practical guidance and support to staff and partners who are looking to increase their communications capacity. It has been developed as a resource for project staff who work at field-level, to help them communicate responsibly, creatively, and effe...ctively about their work
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                                                                 Education in emergencies is a young area; the evidence of its impact is often anecdotal, and although its status as a humanitarian concern has gained legitimacy in recent years, it has yet to be accepted across the humanitarian community. Much more needs to be done to enhance our understanding of t...he links between education and child protection in emergency situations.
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                                                                Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential part of any disease outbreak response. Risk communication in the context of an Ebola outbreak refers to real time exchange of information, opinion and advice between frontline responders and people who are faced with the threat of Eb...ola to their survival, health, economic or social wellbeing. Community engagement refers to mutual partnership between Ebola response teams and individuals or communities in affected areas, whereby community stakeholders have ownership in controlling the spread of the outbreak.
It is intended to be used to guide RCCE work which is central to stopping the outbreak and preventing its further amplification. Unlike other areas of response, RCCE draws heavily on volunteers, frontline personnel and on people without prior training in this area. As such, the document provides basic background information, scopes the socio-economic and cultural aspects (that are known at the time of publication), and provides the latest evidence-based advice and approaches
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                                                                This collection of case studies on risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) from 18 different country/area level public health partners in the WHO European Region provides evidence of numerous results achieved and lessons learned since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. RCCE has not... traditionally been an area where evidence of challenges and solutions was documented. With this compendium, we wanted to collect and share this evidence to support decision-making in this area of work.
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                                                                Strategic  communication  is  used  to  raise  awareness  of  issues  among  specific  target  populations.  It  aims  to  provide  timely,  evidence-based,    authoritative    information    and    guidance    needed for public health action. Proper implementation of strategic communication leads t...o sustained behaviour change and   is essential in  overcoming  barriers  to  access  to  services  or  generating  demand  for such services.
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                                                                Please download the complete toolkit directly from the website (large size: 24 MB)
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                This Guide provides practical guidance for governments regarding how to effectively communicate with communities during the recovery phase following an emergency. It explains how to identify communication needs, and presents “best fit” communication methods and strategies to deploy to support Di...saster Recovery Frameworks (DRF) and recovery strategies.
The Guide is divided into six sections, as follows:
SECTION 1 Good Practice Principles for Effective Communication
SECTION 2 Barriers to Effective Communication
SECTION 3 How to Identify Communication Needs during Recovery
SECTION 4 Communication Methods for Recovery Planning and Operations
SECTION 5 Developing a Communication Plan
SECTION 6 Key Take-away Messages
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                                                                A Guidance and Resource Package for Country Offices for  Coordination, Planning, Key Messages and Actions
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                A learning resource for facilitators, parents, caregivers, and persons with cerebral palsy | Version 1 - Released March 2008
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Toolkit regarding Zika Virus
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                n October 2019, WHO convened the first meeting of  the Buruli ulcer laboratory network (BU-LABNET) in  Yaoundé, Cameroon, bringing together 11 laboratories  from nine countries at the Pasteur Centre of Cameroon  (CPC), the network’s Coordinating Centre. The network  was formally established at th...is meeting (1) and its  members were those present. The objective of  BU LABNET is to improve diagnosis of Buruli ulcer based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using standardized testing protocols, involving external  quality assurance programmes and sharing knowledge among member laboratories.
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