Eastern and Southern Africa Region
ESAR Technical Working Group
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As COVID-19 vaccination programmes enter their third year, existing challenges to programmes combine with new needs, complexities, and hesitancies. Vaccination programmes require innovative solutions to...
This brief is a rapid synthesis of socio-behavioural evidence relating to the 2022 cholera outbreak in Malawi intended for national and international response partners. It...
The goal of the Ministry of Health and Social Services is to ensure the success of the vaccination rollout program which relies on individuals’ acceptance...
Latest reports
Special Monkeypox TWG
ESAR special RCCE TWG meeting slides
Data 4 Action
August 2022 – RCCE for COVID-19 Vaccine Demand in Eastern and Southern Africa
COVID-19 infodemic
June 2022 – Regional trend analysis of social data for advocacy and informed decision making
Feedback Report
July 2022 – Monthly report based on main feedbacks shared by partners
Case Studies
This case study explores how, in Kenya, an interagency “4Ws” Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) dashboard has been set up to map RCCE COVID-19...
A case study on how, in DRC, an interagency community feedback mechanism originally established to better understand people’s perceptions of the Ebola virus has been...
In an era where billions of people use social media across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an unprecedented infodemic: abundant misinformation spreading...
The Working GrouP
The Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Technical Working Group (TWG) was established in March 2020 as one of four TWGs to to enhance regional partner coordination on operational and strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation as well as the support to countries on particular aspects of the preparedness and response to COVID-19.
The Terms of Reference were revised in February 2022 to encompass RCCE partner coordination for public health emergencies (PHE) with regional implications.
The RCCE TWG is co-chaired by UNICEF and IFRC with operational and technical support from the RCCE Collective Service for day to day management and follow up of TWG activities and actions. There are two subworking groups linked to the RCCE TWG-the Community Feedback SWG and the Media Taskforce. Membership and participation is open to all partners operating at regional level involved in RCCE response to address PHE. The RCCE TWG meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month between 11:00am and 12:30pm EAT.
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Rachel James
Regional Coordinator
The Collective Service
Sophie Everest
Technical Team
IFRC
Ngonidzashe Mac Nyambwaro
Surge Support
The Collective Service
Amadou Ndong
Information Management
The Collective Service