Social Mobilisation

TikTok isn’t only useful for practical health information—although doctors and nurses have been showing off some killer moves over the past few weeks, and reaching teenagers who might otherwise be missed by the UK government’s lacking communication strategy. It is also providing a sense of community, something that is more and more important as the possibility of lockdown looms longer, and digital spaces shift from being a secondary aspect of our social lives, to being a an essential space for maintaining social connections. For teenagers, this is particularly important. Read more: https://www.media-diversity.org/not-just-dance-moves-tiktok-snapchat-and-other-teen-faves-are-essential-spaces-for-social-connection-and-self-expression/?fbclid=IwAR3MEiWXLHu2n8Lyj19EFtaD65cD9_PM5Yy9_6INr0rT8Y71Vp88ayYKGp0 ...

Global Citizen organized a global broadcast & digital special to support frontline healthcare workers and the WHO. Artists from different countries came together from their homes to sing songs and raise awareness and funds. The  One World: Together At Home is a campaign rallying funds for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization. View here: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/connect/togetherathome/ ...

The WHO has published a checklist for risk communication and community engagement readiness and initial response for novel coronaviruses (nCoV). The objective of this document is to provide actionable guidance for countries to implement effective RCCE strategies which will help protect the public’s health in the early response to nCoV. This document includes recommended RCCE goals and actions for countries preparing for nCoV cases and for countries that have confirmed -nCoV cases. Download the document, also available in French and Chinese here ...

Communication Initiative (CI): the main knowledge portal for research and resources in social and behaviour change communications. A key source for COVID-19 communication resources and strategy. The Communication Initiative has launched a new section to its website to help combat COVID-19 from a communication and community engagement point. Head over to their website to see the latest resources, share and connect.  ...

"Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization. Marginalized people become even more vulnerable in emergencies. This is due to factors such as their lack of access to effective surveillance and early-warning systems, and health services. The COVID-19 outbreak is predicted to have significant impacts on various sectors. The populations most at risk are those that: depend heavily on the informal economy; occupy areas prone to shocks; have inadequate access to social services or political influence; have limited capacities and opportunities to cope and adapt and; limited or no access to technologies.By understanding these issues, we can support the capacity of vulnerable populations in emergencies. We can give them priority assistance, and engage them in decision-making processes for a response, recovery, preparedness, and risk reduction." This guide was developed under the lead of UN Women and Translators Without Borders. Document for Download ...

Read the ECDC Technical Report on Community engagement for public health events caused by communicable disease threats in the EU/EEA. This publication contains: a literature review case studies on community engagement during tick-borne disease events in Spain (Crimean-CongoHaemorrhagic Fever, or CCHF) and the Netherlands (Tick-Borne Encephalitis, or TBE), and on outbreaks ofacute gastroenteritis in Ireland (Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, or VTEC) and Iceland (norovirus) an expert consultation on community engagement in public health emergency situations. Document for Downlaod ...

"When a novel with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions, which will be called community mitigation strategies in this document, often are the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities. Community mitigation is a set of actions that personas and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory virus infection. Community mitigation is especially important before a vaccine or drug becomes widely available." Document for download ...

This is a guidance by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for Public Health Communicators on how to get your community ready for the COVID-19 outbreak. Documet for Download  ...

This interim-guidance by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee looks at the outbreak readiness and response operations in humanitarian situations - including Camps and Camp-Like Settings. They also address the fields of risk communication and community engagement in humanitarian situations. Document for Download ...

This toolkit has been designed with practitioners in mind and is a resource to work with and adapt to achieve communication for humanitarian action goals. The toolkit provides guidance to humanitarian and development organizations in the area of emergency communication strategy design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It addresses several important aspects of communication during emergencies. These include a focus on providing essential emergency warnings, as well as communication that promotes behaviour change, community mobilization and action. Well-planned communication can help to promote community resilience and reduce vulnerability to a wide range of disasters and emergency situations. Click here for full toolkit ...

The how-to-guide covers a range of tools, resources and social media best practices to enable political candidates, campaigners, NGOs, social media managers, and citizens to engage more meaningfully in the lead up to the elections and beyond. It is the result of 4 years of experimenting with content creation, working within tech policy and learning from social media veterans. Highlights include: 100+ hyperlinks to online resources, tools, and additional reading material drawn from social media companies and industry veterans. Lists of must-have apps for content creation and free alternatives to expensive editing software. Overviews on building and leveraging online communities, establishing effective content creation processes, and a number of other topics. Click here to download the full guide ...

Access to accurate and useful climate-related information is a prerequisite for smallholder farmers to use and benefit from climate services with respect to both agricultural and livelihood decision-making. Whether or not farmers access particular climate-related information products is determined by the types of information products that the national meteorological service and other providers make available, by access to the communication channels used to disseminate information, and by demand for the information. Gender-based factors can influence differing access to communication channels for women and men. The present brief highlights some of these key challenges to achieving socially inclusive access to weather and climate information, and presents promising pathways for developing gender-sensitive communication channels in climate services. Click here for full brief ...