FOR A COMMUNITY-LED RESPONSE
The Collective Service enables collaboration between a wide range of organisations to increase the scale and quality of community engagement approaches. It catalyses and accelerates expert driven, collaborative, consistent and localised support for governments and partners involved in the national response to public health emergencies and other crises.
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25 JAN. 2023 | ESAR Interpartner SBC Webinar on Country Experiences to Increase C-19 vaccines Demand and Uptake | session 2
This webinar aims at sharing best practices and lessons learned drawn from multi-partner country experiences on COVID-19 vaccines demand promotion and uptake. Target SBC interventions aiming at reaching priority groups as well as innovative approaches will be shared and discussed.
Target audience: SBC Practitioners, EPI Managers, Health Promotion Officers (MoH), Partners, EPI Officers, Surveillance Officers and Communications Officers.
January 25, 2023 | 3.00pm – 4.30pm EAT
Kindly reach out to Helena Ballester Bon (hballesterbon@unicef.org) or Sofia De Almeida (sdealmeida@unicef.org) regarding questions, detailed agenda or clarification.
25 Jan. 2023 | WHO Webinar Series on Trust and Pandemic Preparedness |Webinar 1: Trust and Pandemics
Objectives:
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted trust as an important determinant of successful pandemic response and leadership; a prerequisite for the uptake of interventions and behaviour change among communities; and a contributing factor in community resilience. WHO will host a series of webinars in which discussants will “unpack” some of the dimensions of trust in the context of epidemics and pandemics. The first webinar in the series will review the lessons learned at the intersection of trust and different responses to health emergencies including HIV, Ebola and COVID-19.
Discussants:
· Dr. Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO
· Professor Oyewale Tomori Professor of Virology at Redeemer’s University and past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science
· Andy Seale, Senior Advisor, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes WHO
· Thomas J. Bollyky, Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University.
· Dr Zubaida Haque, Member at the Independent SAGE UK, Former CEO, The Equality Trust
· Professor Lucille Blumberg – Honorary Consultant for the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Chair of WHO STAG-IH
14:00–15:15 CET Geneva, Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Our Work
The Collective Service is bolstering the capacity of governments and partners to prioritize, structure and coordinate their work—ensuring a lasting impact. Community capacities, knowledge, feedback and insights inform decision-making at every step of the response, improving both the quality and the consistency of risk communication and community engagement.
Services
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Coordination
Our technical team helps partners and responders make the most of existing resources, enhance collaboration and tap into needed support when engaging and communicating with communities before, during and after crises.
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Social Sciences
Social science research and analysis is vital to design and deliver effective community engagement approaches and strategies as it provides valuable insights into the culture, practices and experiences of communities affected by crises.
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Information Management
The Information Management team provides technical assistance to strengthen evidence generation, which helps community engagement programme design and informs the decision making process at global, regional and country level.
TOOLS & PRODUCTS
Dashboard
Social behavioural data on public health emergencies
By compiling social behavioural data on public health emergencies, this dashboard aims to help the RCCE community, public heath and humanitarian stakeholders to analyse the situation at global, regional and country level.
Guidance
RCCE Coordindation guidance for Public Health Emergencies
The Collective Service releases an interim guidance for coordinating risk communication and community engagement activities on public health emergencies.
Training
Using Social Science for Emergency preparedness and response
This training aims to aid the integration of social science in health emergency interventions and policymaking by providing a set of modules with practical guidance to be adapted and used at the local level.
TOOLKITS For EMERGENCIES
The Collective Service is developing with its partners a list of key tools to support Risk Communication and Community Engagement for specific responses. Explore here all guidances, tools and materials useful for the following emergencies.
COVID-19
10 steps for readiness
Drought
Special Horn of Africa
Ebola
RCCE resources for Ebola Outbreak
Mpox
RCCE resource for MPOX Outbreak 2022
Cholera
RCCE resources for Cholera Outbreak
Earthquake
RCCE resources for Earthquake and Tusnami response
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Collective Helpdesk
The Collective Helpdesk provides coordinated guidance and support on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) related queries. It forms part of the support offering of the Collective Service and allows for quick access to technical expertise, data, and knowledge bases.
Who is the support for?
Anyone seeking rapid or in-depth RCCE and CEA technical support and resources that cannot be found at the country or regional levels.
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