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Zika virus and emerging mosquito – borne diseases: The European emergency risk communication challenge. A response guide (WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2017)

This manual and the associated app are designed to assist public health authorities in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region communicate in response to possible outbreaks of the Zika virus, and other mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs). The main objective of this guide is to enable European countries to learn from the experience of other regions on how to communicate about Zika and apply these lessons to the European context. The guide takes a closer look at recent experience from the Americas and illustrates how this can inform countries in Europe on risk communication preparedness and response to Zika. Much of the preparedness and response advice on Zika can also be applied to other MBD threats. This guide also aims to support countries in the strengthening of their national risk communication preparedness and response to MBDs in general.

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The Strategic Framework for Malaria Social and Behaviour Change Communication 2018-2030 (RBM Partnership to End Malaria, 2018)

The integration of high quality social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) into malaria strategic plans is essential in order to reach targets to prevent, treat, control, and eventually eliminate the disease. In 2012, the Strategic Framework for Malaria SBCC: 2012-2017 set forth an agenda to advocate for and strengthen technical capacity for SBCC; a number of developments have occurred since its publication to warrant an update and
extension of the original framework.

Many people in malaria-prone areas now have access to insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and to effective antimalarial drug treatment. Although the number of countries with areas of low transmission has grown, the number of new pharmacological, epidemiological and vector challenges has also increased. Recent global strategy documents, such as the RBM Partnership’s Action and Investment to Defeat Malaria and WHO’s Global Technical
Strategy for Malaria, call for new approaches and interventions as countries scale up and the dynamics of malaria transmission change.

The intended audiences for the Strategic Framework are:

• Technical staff at the global, national, and local levels who are
responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating,
and coordinating malaria control and elimination policies,
strategies, and interventions.

• RBM SBCC-oriented partners who are engaged in developing,
implementing, and evaluating SBCC programmes/projects and
who contribute to the global discourse on effective approaches
to SBCC.

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Intégrer l’entretien des moustiquaires aux stratégies de CCSC relative au paludisme : guide détaillé (Vector Works Project 2016)

Ce guide a vocation à être utilisé par les entités impliquées dans la distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées d’insecticide (ITN) ou les organisations qui mettent en œuvre des activités de communication en lien avec la distribution et l’utilisation des ITN.

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Incorporating Net Care into Malaria Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategies: A Step-by-step Guide (Vector Works Project 2016)

This publication provides a practical guide to integrating net care behaviors as a component of overall net use messaging in existing ITN social and behavior change communication (SBCC) strategies or other platforms. This guide is intended for use by those involved in distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) or organizations that conduct communication activities related to ITN distribution and use.

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Malaria Social & Behavior Change Communication National Strategies (collected and mapped by HC3 2016)

HC3 has analyzed, collected and mapped a number of national malaria communication strategies. A number of countries are updating their malaria communication strategies as they prepare concept notes for the Global Fund. The strategies include those written both and after 2010 as well as current strategies.

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