Risk Communication and Community Engagement

SUMMARY OF THE EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has allocated CHF 517,485 for the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI/Palang Merah Indonesia) to support the implementation of anticipatory actions to reduce and mitigate the impact…

CONTEXT The decentralization of Indonesia’s primary health care system has resulted in uneven access and inconsistent quality of care for a population that is spread across nearly 6,000 inhabited islands. The United States and Indonesia are committed…

CONTEXT The decentralization of Indonesia’s primary health care system has resulted in uneven access and inconsistent quality of care for a population that is spread across nearly 6,000 inhabited islands. The United States and Indonesia are committed…

This is a brief overview over community concerns that have come out from Risk Communication and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) activities in Indonesia and Nepal. Key topics to address are fears and stigma against people…

Executive Summary The tsunami that devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26th December 2004 caused tremendous loss of life and enormous destruction of infrastructure and property. This tragic event and the subsequent handling of the response,…