Reaching Communities in Chad with COVID-19 Safety Messages
This case study relates how communities in Chad are carrying out SBC for COVID-19, especially considering the crowded conditions in which much of the population lives. By using community members, the messaging has gotten out.
Village chiefs, neighbourhood leaders and health workers have volunteered to be part of Chad’s door-to-door campaigns to sensitize the public. They are mostly members of the communities they are reaching out to. In a country where most people live communally, it is a challenge to enforce physical distancing.
Source: World Health Organization
Date of Publication: June 29, 2020
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- COVID-19 Planning Guide for Adapting Risk Communication and Community Engagement as Public Health and Social Measures Shift: With Safety Tips for Conducting Community Meetings
- Guidance for Including People with Disabilities in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID-19 Communication Materials for the Americas
- Integrating Gender into the COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Response
- Practical Considerations and Recommendations for Religious Leaders and Faith-based Communities in the Context of COVID-19
- Working with Community Advisory Boards/Groups to Support Community Engagement in Clinical Research
- Three Lessons from the Global South on Combating the Pandemic
- ETC Guidance on the Provision of Digital Communication Technologies in COVID-19 operations
- Handbook for Media: the Coronavirus and COVID-19
- COVID-19 Guide for Community Health Workers
- How Can I Ask My Friends to Wear Masks? Talking to Friends, Family, Kids, and Coworkers About COVID-19 Safety
- Videos and Comics for Children about COVID-19
- COVID-19: How to Protect Yourself and Stop the Spread of the Virus
- Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition COVID-19 TV Spots
- Infographics for COVID-19: Prevention, Symptoms, Masks