Guidance material, Training material
Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV)
IFRC Health & Care
June 25, 2020
The Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) Manual and Toolkit is a resource that has, since 2008, been developed and promoted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to assist National Societies and their volunteers rapidly and efficiently prevent and respond to epidemics and outbreaks. It is a simple and easy-to- use information and training package that helps National Societies quickly train staff and volunteers, giving definitions, simple symptoms, prevention and epidemic management for a range of diseases. Accompanying action tools instruct the volunteers on what actions to use to address the spread of the disease, and community tools contain messages that volunteers need to disseminate to contain or prevent the further spread of the disease.
- Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV): A Training Manual. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic.
- Epidemic Diseases Tool. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic.
- Epidemic Community Message Tool. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic.
- Epidemic Action Tool. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic.
- Myanmar Epidemic Preparedness case study outlines the adaptation and roll-out of an Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) Toolkit and Training Manual in Myanmar by Myanmar Red Cross Society in 2014, and includes background on the country’s health-related vulnerabilities, the application and outcomes of the intervention, the challenges and the way forward.
- Indonesia Epidemic Preparedness case study outlines the adaptation and roll-out of IFRC Epidemic Control for Volunteers (ECV) Toolkit and Training Manual in Indonesia by Palang Merah Indonesia.
- Review of the Epidemic Control for Volunteers’ Toolkit – Rollout in Asia Pacific, 2011-2014
- Important Note on Rollout and Integration of the Epidemic Control for Volunteers Toolkit, February 2012