Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Archives

This practical guidance is designed to assist program specialists to implement COVID-19 RCCE activities for and with refugees, IDPs, migrants and host communities vulnerable to the pandemic.

The guidance highlights key challenges and barriers faced by these people in accessing COVID19 health-related information and presents key considerations and recommendations
for planning and implementing RCCE activities. The document can be adapted to countries’ specific context and aligned with national response plans for COVID-19 and national RCCE plans.

Source: Practical Guidance for Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Migrants, and Host Communities Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic

Toolkit for Understanding Lockdown

June 25, 2020/in audio, Tools Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, South Africa National Department of Health, United States Agency for International Development South Africa Afrikaans, Deutsch, English, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, Siswati, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu Physical Distancing Communities, General Public /by Shane Harper

This toolkit, available in 10 languages, was developed in collaboration with the Department of Health to inform the public about the regulations for lockdown in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Toolkit for Understanding Lockdown

Let’s Bold Out Coronavirus

June 25, 2020/in SBC Materials, Video Bangladesh Ministry of Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Other partners, United States Agency for International Development Bangladesh বাংলা General Info, Prevention Communities, General Public /by Shane Harper

This video compares fighting the coronavirus to a cricket match and challenges the public to fight against it.

Source: Let’s Bold Out Coronavirus

Wearing a Mask (Facebook post)

June 25, 2020/in Infographics, SBC Materials Bangladesh Ministry of Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Other partners, United States Agency for International Development Bangladesh বাংলা Masks, Prevention Communities, General Public /by Shane Harper

This message, posted on Facebook, reads “When you go out of the house, you must wear a mask to protect yourself and others.”

Source: Wearing a Mask (Facebook post)

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria Wave 2- COVID-19 Spots

June 15, 2020/in audio, SBC Materials Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, United States Agency for International Development Nigeria Èdè Yorùbá, English, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin General Info, Prevention Communities, General Public /by Shane Harper

The second stream (Wave 2) audio spots as produced by Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria in support of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s Risk Communications response focused on preventive measures such as good hygiene and physical distancing as well as discouraging the sharing of fake news while promoting #Take Responsibility Campaign theme song.

Source: Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria Wave 2- COVID-19 Spots