Building forts of resistance against COVID-19

Published at 09:56 pm August 26th, 2021

Leader of Community COVID-19 Prevention Committee (CCPC) discussing the importance of mask wearing with the CCPC members so that they can raise awareness within their community
Awareness raising by religious leader after Jummah prayer in rural areas
Creating awareness in public hotspots by sharing awareness messages through miking
BRAC volunteer spreading COVID-19 awareness messages in a local hut by through miking
BRAC volunteer spreading COVID-19 awareness messages
A BRAC volunteer, demonstrating the proper way of wearing a mask to an individual in a market
Masks are being distributed to households free of cost to promote mask wearing behaviour in rural areas
BRAC volunteer is distributing free masks in a public hotspot to reinforce mask wearing habits
A BRAC Shasthya Kormi screening a potentially infected individual for symptoms during household visit as a part of syndromic surveillance
BRAC Corona Shurokkha Corner in a Cow hut providing COVID-19 testing services
BRAC Shasthya Kormi providing vaccination registration support to a beneficiary during a household visit
BRAC supported the government’s vaccination drive by managing nine COVID-19 vaccination centres in Dhaka with the help of midwives from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health
BRAC supported the government’s vaccination drive by managing nine COVID-19 vaccination centres in Dhaka with the help of midwives from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health

Community Fort for Resisting Covid-19 (CFRC) is a joint initiative by BRAC and partners to build community resilience and strengthen the local healthcare system in 35 high-risk districts. BRAC organised 41 NGOs under the CSO Alliance to join forces to build community level behaviour change around mask wearing, response and vaccination registration.

With the support of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the initiative is currently underway with major interventions like campaigns on hand wash and hygiene, coughing etiquette and social distancing and campaigns on vaccine registration and countering misinformation and rumours.