Conceptualization of the Africa CDC Public Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement Community of Practice for Africa (PH-RCCE-CoPA) in 2020: successes and challenges in implementation.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Global Health Promotion Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI:10.1177/17579759251320648

Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Richard Kabanda, Thomas Mavuto, Modou Njai, Addis Mhiraf, G Nekerwon Gweh

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Background: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention established and launched the Public Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement Community of Practice in Africa (PH-RCCE-CoPA) initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020 in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and developed terms of reference. This initiative aimed to strengthen capacity of Member States and institutionalize Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for public health emergencies in Africa through the exchange of knowledge and best practices, as well as respond to rumours and misconceptions.

Conclusions: Establishing the PH-RCCE-CoPA and subsequent training of RCCE focal points in Member States facilitated a coordinated approach to RCCE which helped to reduce rumours and misconceptions and increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake.

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2020年非洲疾控中心公共卫生风险沟通和社区参与非洲实践共同体（ph - rce - copa）概念化：实施中的成功和挑战。

背景：2020年5月，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，非洲疾病控制和预防中心与世界卫生组织非洲区域办事处合作，制定并启动了“非洲公共卫生风险沟通和社区参与实践共同体”倡议，并制定了职权范围。该倡议旨在加强会员国的能力，并通过交流知识和最佳做法，以及对谣言和误解作出回应，使非洲突发公共卫生事件的风险沟通和社区参与制度化。结论：建立phe -RCCE- copa以及随后对会员国的RCCE协调人进行培训，有助于采取协调一致的方法来应对RCCE，从而有助于减少谣言和误解，并提高COVID-19疫苗的信心和接受度。

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