Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Welcome to the CCN Bangladesh page. This is an interactive, curated collection of Bangladesh’s COVID-19 SBC resources, sample materials, tools and approaches to help policy makers, SBC and public health practitioners combat COVID-19.

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May 10, 2023

Rapid Assessment Report: Perceptions of COVID-19 booster doses and vaccinations for the 5–11-year-old children

Reports and Studies

Breakthrough ACTION conducted a rapid assessment in November 2022, to explore people’s perceptions about the booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination for 5-11-year-old children in Bangladesh. The findings from the assessment informed the designing of activities for vaccine communication under CN-18.

March 29, 2023

COVID-19 Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know

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This public service announcement focuses on informing parents about the vaccination campaign for 5-11 years old children in Bangladesh and how they can register their children for vaccination.

March 28, 2023

Three things to know about COVID-19 vaccination for children

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This public service announcement focuses on the three things parents should know about regarding the COVID-19 vaccination for children.

March 27, 2023

Taking all doses of COVID-19 vaccines

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This public service announcement highlights the importance of staying up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines, including boosters, to bolster waning immunity and reap the full benefits of vaccines.

March 10, 2023

Public Service Announcement on Child Vaccination in Bangladesh

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This public service announcement raises awareness about the ongoing vaccination campaign for 5-11 years old children in Bangladesh.

March 1, 2023

SOP for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Call Center

Clinical/Technical Guidance

The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been developed by Breakthrough ACTION to ensure a standardized service mechanism/protocol for the service providers at the Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) helplines, call centers, and telepsychology centers throughout the country.

COVID-19 Learning Series Adapting to a New Normal: Digital Social Behavior Change

Reports and Studies

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, USAID’s Nobo Jatra project has shifted gears to digital SBC sessions that relied on the use of laptops, tablets, smart phones, speakers and internet to implement multiple sessions simultaneously across the project areas. Physical attendance at each session was scaled back and instead the number of sessions were increased. By harmonizing plans, technologies and expertise, the efficacy of SBC sessions was strengthened and importantly, lifesaving messages on health, hygiene, Gender Based Violence and COVID-19 have continued to reach the poorest communities.

February 16, 2023

COVID-19 and pregnancy: Staying safe, giving birth and getting vaccinated: What we know about safe pregnancy in the pandemic’s fourth year

News and UpdatesReports and Studies

With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its fourth year, we asked UNICEF health experts to explain what we now know about the best ways for pregnant women to protect themselves and their babies.

January 20, 2023

Improving Mental Health Services in Bangladesh Through the Mental Health Gap Action Plan

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To address the widening gap between mental health needs and the availability of mental health care professionals, Dr. Helal Uddin Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health worked with Breakthrough ACTION to develop a standard operating procedure for mental health and psychological support call centers.

January 9, 2023

Lessons Learned and Good Practices: Country-specific Case Studies on Immunization Activities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reports and Studies

The methodology for this report included a literature review of available documentation and research, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions with UNICEF country and regional offices and partners. The process led to a series of six case studies, which describe predominantly positive campaign experiences, documenting lessons and good practices that can inform future immunisation programmes carried out during COVID-19 or similar circumstances.

December 16, 2022

Risk Communication During COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacting Women in Bangladesh

Reports and Studies

Frontiers in Communication conducted a qualitative study among 37 women across Bangladesh that presents the risk communication factors related to social and financial challenges. It reveals that the majority of the urban communities lack communication with local authorities, where urban low-income communities are the worst sufferers. Due to that, the majority of the urban participants could not get financial support, whereas the rural participants received such support for having communications with local authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 7, 2022

An exploratory study of social media users’ engagement with COVID-19 vaccine-related content

Reports and Studies

This exploratory study wants to understand the communication climate of Facebook on the COVID-19 vaccine issue, including the nature of dominant content and users’ engagement patterns with them.

October 6, 2022

Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among rural community in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional survey based study

Reports and Studies

This study aims to investigate COVID-19 vaccine acceptance intention and to identify the potential factors influencing vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among the rural community in Bangladesh.

September 28, 2022

Conversation between brothers in law 2

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If someone is infected with the coronavirus, there is no reason to panic. Maintain social distance, wash your hands repeatedly with soap, wear your mask properly and don’t listen to rumors.

September 22, 2022

Conversation between brothers in law 1

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If you go outside, maintain social distance, wash your hands repeatedly with soap, wear your mask properly, and don’t listen to rumors.

September 1, 2022

Mapping Access Gaps in COVID-19: Results from 14 Countries and Territories

Reports and Studies

This report, created by Matahari Global Solutions and other partners, explains the results of access gaps in COVID-19 testing and vaccines in 14 countries and territories. Some of the countries and territories include: Bangladesh, DRC, Jamaica, Haiti, Peru, Senegal, and Somalia.

August 31, 2022

Social And Behavioral Change Communication In The Context Of Covid-19: A Case Study Review From Bangladesh

Reports and Studies

The AHA! Project (supported by the European Union) has directed 50 small grants in South Asia to groups that aim to address these facets of the COVID-19 crisis. The case review series draws primarily on this experience, with the goal both to provide narratives to help in understanding diverse situations and to explore the experience through several programs supported by AHA! Project grants. The current review highlights a comprehensive approach to raise awareness, primarily among faith and community leaders in Bangladesh, through digital and social media-based social and behavioral change communication strategies.

August 3, 2022

COVID-19 and Meta: Social and Behavioral Change Communication Learnings from 20 Countries

News and Updates

Throughout 2021, CARE launched 45 locally-led campaigns in 20 countries applying lessons learned during an eight-week training series with Meta. In the second half of 2021, participating countries built on their learnings from their first campaigns and attempted to answer new questions that arose all while creating culturally appropriate messaging to encourage the adoption of preventative behaviors and/or to build trust in the vaccine, even if it wasn’t yet available.

May 6, 2022

Handwashing

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To stay away from coronavirus, you have to wash your hands repeatedly with soap and water.

April 28, 2022

Helpline

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If you live in Bangladesh and have any symptoms of coronavirus, call helpline numbers 333, 16263, or 10655 and seek advice.

April 22, 2022

Be aware and stay at home

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This video is about to stay at home and be aware, be free of the corona virus during lockdown.

COVID Behaviors Dashboard

Access timely Bangladesh-specific COVID Behaviors Data from the COVID 19 Behaviors Dashboard. The dashboard helps to better understand the behavioral drivers behind vaccine uptake, masking, and physical distancing among other behaviors that affect the spread of COVID-19 to be able to develop more responsive and effective programs.

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