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Sierra Leone “Corona fet na we all fet” vulnerable populations campaign

March 22, 2024/in Booklet, Infographics, Posters, Radio/Audio Spots, TV spots, Video Government of Sierra Leone, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Sierra Leone Fullah, Krio, Mende, Temne Engagement, Vaccines General Public, Immunocompromised, People Living with Disabilities, SBC Professionals/by wpengine

Breakthrough ACTION, led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), worked in close partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone’s One Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement Pillar to develop and disseminate new materials for the “Corona fet na we all fet” (The coronavirus fight is everybody’s fight”) campaign. With high coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine, the updated campaign aimed to provide tailored information and engagement with persons with disabilities and other hard-to-reach communities.

Resources include:

COVID-19 Jingles

Temne
Mende
Fullah
Krio
Video Jingle (for hearing impaired)

Name: Tyler Best
Email Address: tylerbest@jhu.edu

Sierra Leone COVID-19 Big Idea of the Week Campaign

January 20, 2023/in SBC Campaign, Social Media Government of Sierra Leone Ministry of Information and Communication, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Sierra Leone English Prevention, Risk Communication and Messaging Communities, General Public/by Shane Harper

The Big Idea of the Week delves deeper into a specific COVID-related topic. Each week, Big Idea tackles a specific area of COVID-19 and provides important information, guidelines, and messages for the public.

Breakthrough ACTION, led by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) National COVID-19 Emergency Response Center (NACOVERC), creates these messages. They are disseminated on the Ministry website and via the Ministry of Information and Communication’s Facebook page.

Source: Sierra Leone COVID-19 Big Idea of the Week Campaign

Association of community engagement with vaccination confidence and uptake: A cross-sectional survey in Sierra Leone, 2019

March 25, 2022/in Reports and Studies Journal of Global Health Sierra Leone English Rumors and Misinformation, Vaccines Researchers, Response Organizations, SBC Professionals/by Shane Harper

The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic disrupted childhood immunization in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. After the epidemic, the Government of Sierra Leone prioritized community engagement to increase vaccination confidence and uptake. To support these efforts, we examined potential drivers of vaccination confidence and uptake in Sierra Leone.

Source: Association of community engagement with vaccination confidence and uptake: A cross-sectional survey in Sierra Leone, 2019

The Perception of COVID-19 communication in West Africa (non-Sahel): report

March 4, 2022/in Reports and Studies UNESCO Benin, Côte d' Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo English Research/Monitoring and Evaluation, Risk Communication and Messaging, Rumors and Misinformation Researchers, Response Organizations, SBC Professionals/by Shane Harper

Since 2011, UNESCO has launched an international, regional and national intervention on Media and Information Literacy (MIL), recognizing the primary role of information and media in everyday lives. The intervention is meant to contribute to the development of media and information literacy skills and promote best practices to analyze information critically and to navigate through the overwhelming amount of news and information available.

Under this overarching framework and as part of UNESCO’s responses to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’, UNESCO Abuja Office initiated a survey on Perception of COVID-19 Communication in West Africa (non-Sahel). The survey was developed to understand how people in some Western African countries obtain and use the Information on COVID-19 for informed decisions.

Source: The Perception of COVID-19 communication in West Africa (non-Sahel): report

How Should Community Health Workers in Fragile Contexts be Supported: Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo

August 17, 2020/in News and Updates Human Resources for Health DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone English Vulnerable Populations Health Workers and Facilities, Response Organizations/by Shane Harper

Community health workers (CHWs) are critical players in fragile settings, where staff shortages are particularly acute, health indicators are poor and progress towards Universal Health Coverage is slow. Like other health workers, CHWs need support to contribute effectively to health programmes and promote health equity.

Yet the evidence base of what kind of support works best is weak. The authors present evidence from three fragile settings—Sierra Leone, Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo on managing CHWs, and synthesise recommendations for best approaches to support this critical cadre.

Source: How Should Community Health Workers in Fragile Contexts be Supported: Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo

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