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ODI: Lessons learned? Responding to Ebola in the DRC

June 2, 2020

Chair

Wendy Fenton @WendyFenton1 – Coordinator of the Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI

Speakers

Linda Mobula @LindaMobula – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Research Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Theresa Jones @Theresa_E_Jones – Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Associate, Anthrologicacov

Bernard Balibuna – Country Representative, CAFOD, DRC

Natalie Roberts @docnat – Director of Studies, MSF-CRASH (Médecins Sans Frontières, Centre de réflexion sur l’action et les savoirs humanitaires)

Description

The world’s second largest outbreak of Ebola was declared on 1 August 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 2,200 people have died and over 3,300 have been infected. The response to Ebola has been complicated by conflict between central government, local political actors and armed groups in the affected areas. Rumours about the virus and the response have also been spread and shaped by that conflict.

Attempts have been made to apply key lessons from the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, such as the need for strong surveillance and outbreak control strategies and the importance of understanding the behaviours, practices and perceptions of communities and of engaging them actively in the response. The identification and trial use of effective vaccines during the outbreak has been an important and promising development. Yet, despite these efforts, cases of Ebola continue to be reported.

Drawing on articles from the Humanitarian Exchange, this webinar will discuss to what degree the lessons learned from the West Africa Ebola outbreak have been taken into account in the DRC response and how barriers to containment of the disease could be better addressed.

https://www.odi.org/events/16704-responding-ebola-drc

 

Filed Under: *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *ONLINE LEARNING, COVID-19, DEVELOPMENT THEMES, Ebola, Health, Issues - Rumour, Misinformation & Fake News, ODI, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, Public Health Communication, Webinar

UNICEF: Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Response [en]

April 29, 2020

UNICEF has published a report on risk communication and community engagement for ebola virus disease preparedness and response. Lessons In the report they share valuable insights into lessons learnt and recommendations from Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

Document for download

Filed Under: COVID-19, Crisis Communication, Ebola, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, Public Health Communication, Publications (published in print and/or online), Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, TYPE - DATA ITEM TYPE, Uganda, UNICEF

Lessons learned from Ebola Epidemic for preventing COVID-19 [en]

March 20, 2020

For professionals who have dealt with the Ebola epidemic, COVID-19 brings back lessons learned:

  1. Karim Benard-Dende, Internews Country Director in DRC, stated that “Prevention for COVID-19 is not really different from Ebola prevention.” He especially recognizes the universal need for trusted, reliable, local information in local languages to respond to local needs as quickly as possible.
    Read more about Internews approach here.
  2. Sorcha O’Callaghan of the Overseas Development Institute reflects on 5 things she, as a humanitarian, has learned from the Ebola crisis for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read about her insights.
  3. Meesha Brown, president of PCI Media, also writes here about 5 things she has learned from fighting against Ebola by engaging the media that can help tackle COVID-19.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Ebola, Health

Considérations relatives à la communication des risques et à l’engagement communautaire (CREC): Réponse d’Ebola en République démocratique du Congo (OMS, 2018)

May 6, 2019

La communication des risques et l’engagement de la communauté sont essentiels à toute intervention en cas d’épidémie. Cela est particulièrement critique en cas d’épidémie d’Ebola, ce qui peut susciter la crainte chez le public et les intervenants de première ligne en raison de la présentation sévère des symptômes, de l’incompréhension des causes de la maladie et du taux de mortalité élevé. Ce document décrit Réponse de l’engagement communautaire à l’épidémie d’Ebola en République démocratique du Congo.

Cliquez ici pour le document complet.

Filed Under: Awareness Raising, Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), Ebola, French/Français, Health, Publications (published in print and/or online), Risk Communication Tagged With: Community engagement

Risk Communication and Community Engagement Considerations: Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of the Congo (WHO, 2018)

May 6, 2019

Risk communication and community engagement are essential for any disease outbreak response. This is particularly critical during outbreaks of Ebola which may create fear in the public and frontline responders alike due to the severe presentation of symptoms, misunderstanding of the causes of illness and high fatality rates.

This document outlines some of the key considerations for risk communication and community engagement response to Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Click here for full document.

Filed Under: Awareness Raising, Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), Ebola, Health, Humanitarian, Publications (published in print and/or online), Risk Communication, Risk Communication Highlights Tagged With: Community engagement

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