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Zoonotic Behavioral Resource Assessments (ZBRA) toolkit

The Zoonotic Behavioral Resource Assessments (ZBRA) toolkit helps strengthen preparedness for zoonotic disease outbreaks by linking behavioral research with practical tools. Developed under USAID’s Breakthrough ACTION project, ZBRA offers survey instruments, interview guides, and country profiles to explore key prevention and risk behaviors, sociocultural drivers, and communication environments – empowering practitioners, policymakers and researchers to design evidence-based risk communication and community engagement strategies.

Ebola Communication Network

The Ebola Communication Network (ECN) is a global platform providing high-quality Ebola communication materials, tools, and resources to support social and behavior change, risk communication, and community engagement during Ebola virus disease outbreaks.

Zoonotic Behavioral Research Assessments (ZBRA)

The Zoonotic Behavioral Resource Assessments (ZBRA) toolkit is a repository for research on select zoonotic diseases.

Rumor Tracking for COVID-19 Metadata Package

CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION produced a real-time rumor tracking system design and implementation guide for humanitarian and public health organizations as well as national governments seeking to document rumors in a systematic and dynamic fashion. The guide lays out an application of this approach using the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) open source software platform, including an overview of a pre-configured metadata package that can be installed on a new DHIS2 system or imported to an existing system.

Compass

The Compass is a curated collection of social and behavior change (SBC) resources. The collection offers the highest quality “how-to” tools and packages of materials from SBC projects. Each item in the Compass is vetted to ensure it was developed via a strategic process and had documented success in the field.

Integrating Gender into the COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Response

Integrating gender into the COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) response demands consideration of how gender norms and roles, as well as inequitable power dynamics and decision-making, influence people’s experiences and needs at all stages. This technical brief provides practical recommendations to integrate gender across the six pillars of the RCCE response.

Creating a Real-Time Rumor Management System for COVID-19

This document includes important considerations and resources to support country programs in creating a functional rumor management system, enabling two-way communication with affected communities.

COVID-19 Communication Network

The COVID-19 Communication Network is a reliable site for social and behavior change (SBC) professionals, and other responders in need, to access and share high quality communication materials, tools and resources from global partners to address the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic.