Search database
Filter
20
Text search: Internews
Featured
Language
Document type
No document type
7
Studies & Reports
5
Resource Platforms
3
Manuals
2
Fact sheets
2
Guidelines
1
Countries / Regions
Myanmar / Burma
4
Congo, Democratic Republic of
3
South Sudan
3
Bangladesh
3
Sierra Leone
2
Liberia
2
Mali
2
Indonesia
2
Colombia
2
Guinea
1
Uganda
1
Philippines
1
India
1
Pakistan
1
Afghanistan
1
Lebanon
1
Zambia
1
Syria
1
Tanzania
1
Thailand
1
Rwanda
1
Malaysia
1
Sudan
1
Central African Republic
1
Burundi
1
Ukraine
1
Western and Central Europe
1
Authors & Publishers
Internews
7
USAID
2
World Health Organization WHO
2
Anahi Ayala Iacucci, R. Copeland, Z. Mamood, et al.
1
BBC Media Action
1
Breathrough Action - For social and behavior change
1
CDAC Network
1
CDC
1
Department for International Development, REACH Initiative, Mixed Migration Platform
1
et al.
1
Human Rights Watch
1
IFRC
1
InterAction
1
International Organization for Migration, Internews Network, BBC Media Action, Translators without Borders
1
Latinovic, L.
1
Niederberger, E.
1
nternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), et al.
1
Oxfam
1
Reliefweb OCHA Services
1
S. Ferron and M. O'Reilly
1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
1
UNICEF and GOARN
1
Wilkinson, S.
1
Publication Years
Category
Countries
8
Key Resources
2
Toolboxes
COVID-19
10
Ebola & Marburg
3
Conflict
3
Rumors emerge when people feel left out of the discussion, when their questions cannot be answered by authorities or their doubts are dismissed by official sources. But also, rumors present an opportunity – to understand the questions, concerns and anxieties communities may have about this pandemi ... more
The project aims to build trust around COVID-19 vaccines to ensure greater access to and uptake in the vaccines through establishing healthy information ecosystems to address mis- and disinformation and vaccine hesitancy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The bulletins are in French.
Internews’ Rooted In Trust (RiT) Project tracks COVID-19-related rumors circulating among social media users and vulnerable communities in Colombia, as well as other countries around the globe. The rumors are used to inform risk communication effo ... more
Internews’ Rooted In Trust (RiT) Project tracks COVID-19-related rumors circulating among social media users and vulnerable communities in Mali, as well as other countries around the globe. The rumors are used to inform risk communication efforts ... more
A report demonstrating the urgent need to support groups at the local level if COVID-19 misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effectively.
The Internews Humanitarian Information Services Learning Collection communicates key lessons, best practices, and programmatic methodologies used by Internews’ humanitarian teams around the world. ... more
Source: 1,981 listener groups, engaging 9,281 individuals, conducted by IOM, Bangladesh Betar and ACF from August to November 2018. This feedback was collected from camps 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Listener groups included an even spread of men, women, adults and children and ar ... more
The study is based on in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 60 Syrians who arrived in Spain between 2015 and 2017.
In most contexts, the social stigma surrounding mental health issues exists because of cultural norms and a lack of understanding of mental health’s complexities and realities, resulting in isolation, increased vulnerability, and lack of support for people with mental health problems. This stig ... more

COVID-19: Community Insights from the Asia Pacific Region

Latinovic, L.; et al. nternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), et al. (2020) C1
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Pakistan Spetember 2020
A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola. This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme ... more
Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a serious physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability. More than 40 years of war have left more than one million ... more
The paper sets out the specific communication challenge posed by Ebola and why it was so difficult to get to grips with this in the early months of the outbreak. It thendocuments when the health communication response became more useful and explores what that tells us about effective media and commu ... more
Since the first edition of the CDAC snapshot of communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) across the Ukraine response was published in May 2022, a conscious effort has been made by international, national and local responders to ramp up CCEA action. Progress has been made in esta ... more
This is a short technical brief with important steps and resources on how country programs can track and address rumors around COVID-19 (as needed). The guide includes a number of great resources and links while also sharing nuggets from global, collective thinking around rumors.
People-centered approaches that help communities maintain protective behaviours and follow guidelines set out by public health and government agencies are more important than ever. The evidence is clear, communities play a role in preventing and controlling epidemics and they are best able to take a ... more