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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Document availablein English, Spanish and French.
Standard Treatment Guideline
Pour pouvoir atteindre les objectifs nationaux et internationaux en matière de santé publique, la mobilisation et la motivation du personnel de santé, en qualité et en quantité, deviennent un véritable enjeu stratégique dans les pays en voie de développement. Mais malgré cela, peu de pays o...nt conduit des évaluations exhaustives pour estimer le nombre existant de travailleurs de santé et les besoins en ressources humaines pour le futu
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Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 109
This report describes the evolution of mainland Tanzania’s EHB; the motivations for developing the EHBs, the methods used to develop, define and cost them; how it is being disseminated, communicat...ed, and used; and the facilitators (and barriers) to its development, uptake or use. Findings presented in this report are from three stages of analysis: literature review, key informant perspectives and a national consultative meeting.
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Visite au sein des Fondations Ad Lucem et Promhandicam
La prise en chargeintégrée des maladiesde l’enfant
Saving Lives: Universal access to Trauma Services in Kenya
To examine how health aid is spent and channelled, including the distribution of resources across countries and between
subsectors. Our aim was to complement the many qualitative critiques of health aid with a quantitative review and to provide insights on the level of development assistance availa...ble to recipient countries to address their health and health development needs.
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