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Early detection, early action: preventing DRC’s Ebola outbreak from spreading into nearby Uganda

Communities living along the porous borders of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain at high risk of the spread of Ebola. Thousands cross each day to sell and buy goods, tend to their farm and visit family and friends. With the epicenter of DRC’s largest Ebola outbreak only 100 kilometers away from the Ugandan border, it is crucial to contain and stop the virus from spreading.

26 January 2019

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Community Action on Zika Project launches new tool to build baselines

New tool for technicians, coordinators and volunteers that implement health projects within communities.

29 August 2018

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Getting families back on track after Philippine’s Tropical Storm Tembin

Rita Balaguna, 48, was preparing breakfast for her family when the deadly Tropical Storm Tembin struck her hometown in Halapitan Barangay, municipality of San Fernando, Bukidnon province, a few days before Christmas Day in 2017.

6 July 2018

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Do humanitarian agencies really NEED to be accountable to communities?

Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no, we don’t. As a community engagement and accountability advisor within a humanitarian agency, I can’t tell you how much this answer pains me. If I were to ask, “SHOULD humanitarian agencies be accountabl …

22 May 2018

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Community voices driving decisions: Kenya Red Cross and IFRC share the lessons learned on accountability to communities

“As a movement we have no choice than being accountable to people.” Abbas Gullet, Secretary General of Kenya Red Cross Society Kenya Red Cross Society has published new independent research documenting their experience and lessons learned in mainstream …

10 May 2018

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