Community engagement in outbreak response: lessons from the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT: Documentation of structured community engagement initiatives and real-time monitoring of community engagement activities during large-scale epidemics is limited. To inform such initiatives, this paper analyses the Community Led Ebola Action (CLEA) approach implemented through the Social Mobilization Action Consortium (SMAC) during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. The SMAC initiative consisted of a network of 2466 community mobilisers, >6000 religious leaders and 42 local radio stations across all 14 districts of Sierra Leone. Community mobilisers were active in nearly 70% of all communities across the country using the CLEA approach to facilitate community analysis, trigger collective action planning and maintain community action plans over time. CLEA was complemented by inter

SUBMITTER: Bedson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445350 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature