Zika Virus Facts

This page contains basic information about Zika and covers the following topics:

  • Zika virus and pregnancy
  • Signs of Zika virus
  • Is it Zika virus, dengue, chikungunya, or malaria?
  • Treatment
  • Prevent mosquito bites
  • Prevent mosquitos from breeding
  • Communities can prevent mosquito illnesses

The information is available in:

Last modified: March 25, 2019

Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

RESOURCES

Tools

Examples

    Zika Infographics

    This set of infographics contain basic information about the Zika Virus:

    • What is Zika
    • What symptoms can it cause?
    • How soon do the symptoms begin?
    • How many people get symptoms?
    • How is it prevented?
    • Is there treatment?

    Last modified: March 25, 2019

    Language: English, Portuguese

    A Guide to Identifying and Documenting Best Practices in Family Planning Programmes

    This book serves as step by step guide for documenting best practices in family planning, since this kind of sharing enables persons and organizations working in the health sector to avoid reinventing the wheel; to improve performance and avoid the mistakes of others.

    Documenting and sharing best practices affords one the opportunity to acquire knowledge on lessons learned, how to improve and adapt strategies and activities through feedback, reflection and analysis, and implement large-scale, sustained and more effective interventions.

    Last modified: March 25, 2019

    Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

    Hoje sou um homem mais limpo, saudavel, e atraente [Today I am a Clearner, Healthier, and More Attractive Man]

    This poster was developed as part of the Mozambique Medical Circumcision campaign. It shows a handsome young man who seems happy and says that he is healthier and happier because he underwent a medical circumcision. The poster is meant to express the benefits of medical circumcision to those men who are considering the procedure.

    Source: Mozambique Ministry of Health

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

    Knowing about Myself

    This is a booklet for parents talking to their youg HIV positive children about HIV. It is designed to be used with children from about 6 years of age to 10 or 12 years of age who are able to understand the information. The booklet explains the health care that the child needs, It also goes into how the child may feel, how others may feel about him, and how the doctors and nurses will be helping him to keep healthy.

    Source: USAID, PEPFAR

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

    Medical Aid Films

    Medical Aid Films aims to save the lives of vulnerable women and children in the developing world by providing innovative education and training through film.

    The company produces resource-appropriate films to support skilled health worker training and community health education – used by over 1,300 organisation in 80 countries worldwide, and reaching more than 1 million people each year.

    This web page lists all of the organization’s films.

    Source: Medical Aid Films

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

    The Strategic Framework for Malaria Social and Behaviour Change Communication 2018-2030

    In 2012, the Strategic Framework for Malaria SBCC: 2012-2017 set forth an agenda to advocate for and strengthen technical capacity for SBCC; a number of developments have occurred since its publication to warrant an update and extension of the original framework.

    Available in English, French, and Portuguese.

    Many people in malaria-prone areas now have access to insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and to effective antimalarial drug treatment. Although the number of countries with areas of low transmission has grown, the number of new pharmacological, epidemiological and vector challenges has also increased. Recent global strategy documents, such as the RBM Partnership’s Action and Investment to Defeat Malaria and WHO’s Global Technical Strategy for Malaria, call for new approaches and interventions as countries scale up and the dynamics of malaria transmission change.

    The intended audiences for the Strategic Framework are:

    • Technical staff at the global, national, and local levels who are responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and coordinating malaria control and elimination policies, strategies, and interventions
    • RBM SBCC-oriented partners who are engaged in developing, implementing, and evaluating SBCC programmes/projects and who contribute to the global discourse on effective approaches to SBCC

    The document is divided into three major parts that address specific themes:

    1. Advocacy: Champion the critical role of malaria SBCC, Share the malaria SBCC evidence base, Ensure political commitment for SBCC Improve capacity and coordination, Provide support at global and regional levels, Grow the RBM SBCC Working Group, Adapt to new SBCC challenges
    2. Technical Guidance: Characteristics of effective SBCC planning, Overview of process, Elements of a malaria SBCC strategy, Global Changes
    3. Toolkits and Resources: Malaria SBCC resources


    Last modified: March 25, 2019

    Language: English, French, Portuguese

    Mosquito Bite Preventioin

    This poster describes the various types of mosquitos and the viruses they cause, and protecting oneself from mosquito bites,

    Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

    Seis saberes basicos da comunicacao interpessoal e aconselhamento [Six Basic Skills of Interpersonal Communication and Counseling]

    This job aid was created as part of the Mozambique medical circumcision campaign.

    It offers six basic skills for effectivve interpersonal communication and counseling for medical circumcision:

    • Know how to listen
    • Know what to ask
    • Know how to inform
    • Know how to answer questions
    • Know how to encourage client adherence

    Source: Mozambique Ministry of Health

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

    Strategic Communication Framework for Zika

    This framework provides step-by-step guidance and illustrative content for creating a strategic communication strategy to communicate accurately and effectively about Zika risk and prevention in an easy-to-understand and comprehensive format.

    It builds on the messaging developed in the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Zika Virus Prevention and Control guidance, and is intended to guide country-level communication strategies. This framework follows a systematic process and provides content that is readily adaptable by any communication program.

    The strategy is attached in one PDF combining English and Portuguese versions.

    Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

    Date of Publication: March 25, 2019